Shellbrook
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www.shellbrookchronicle.com VOLUME 100
SHELLBROOK, SASKATCHEWAN
PMR #40007604
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011
No. 52
The Year that was 2011
January Larry Spriggs of Prince Albert was the winner of the early bird prize of the Shellbrook and Disticts Health Services Project Cash Lotto, drawn New Years Eve in Canwood. *** The community once again came through for those less fortunate this holiday season with record contributions to the Shellbrook Ministerial Association Christmas Hamper program. For the past number of years the Shellbrook Ministerial Association has collected non perishable food items and cash donations to fund the hampers delivered in the days before Christmas. Though contributions this year were higher than ever, Shellbrook Ministerial member John Slemming said the number of hampers delivered was down from last year. In 2010, 38 hampers were delivered while 42 were delivered the year before. Non perishable food items not put into hampers will go toward the start up of the Shellbrook and area Ministerial Foodbank. *** A local couple helped make the Christmas of one visiting family a bright one this year. Tim and Michelle Vanbruggen of St. Albert, AB lost a couple of plastic travel totes while traveling from their home to Michelle’s parents home in Prince Albert. The plastic totes were strapped down in the back of a flat deck truck and contained the family of five’s luggage and Christmas gifts. Don and June Moe, of Shellbrook, came across some items on the road on their way back from Christmas Eve church in Parkside that evening. At first they thought the debris was garbage but once they got closer they realized it was luggage. They stopped and June gathered up the items and threw them into the truck. Among the baby clothes, diapers and other personal items was a piece of paper with an email address on it. The couple sent an email to the address and received a quick response. Though the clothing was recovered, the
After more than 10 years of fund raising construction finally began on the Shellbrook and Districts Integrated Health Complex on Shellbrook’s west side this spring.
tote including the Christmas gifts was not found. *** The Shellbrook Kinsmen club maximized Sarcan’s donation to Telemiracle while encouraging recycling in the community with their latest endeavour. The club has placed a garbage bin, donated by TJ Disposals, for the collection of cardboard and plastic milk containers at the Shellbrook Elementary School,
just off the corner of Third Avenue East and Main Street. Containers collected will be taken to Sarcan before the end of February to help top up the organization’s donation to Telemiracle. Through the “Crush it” program Sarcan contributes $350 for every metric tonne of plastic jugs and $150 for every tonne of paper milk cartons to the cause.
*** The high school students at WP Sandin annually celebrate the Christmas season with a variety of activities, dress-up days, and formal banquet but were challenged this year to go beyond the traditional fun and games to give of themselves. Continued on page 2
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Year in Review
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Rising to the challenge, students gave locally by getting involved in the food drive benefitting community members as well as internationally by contributing to a loose change collection that went towards purchasing gifts through World Vision for those less fortunate in other countries. Both challenges were met with enthusiasm by the students and were quite successful. The food bank committee saw 1270 food items added to their collection the Tuesday prior to Christmas and $1215 was raised in loose change to support families through World Vision. *** Saskatchewan NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter passed through Shellbrook on a tour of the region January 6. Lingenfelter made the trek to touch base with candidates and potential candidates leading up to the nomination conventions to be held later this spring. *** W.P. Sandin Grade 11 student Shaunee Kobialko was chosen for Project Serve’s Belize mission February 15 to 27. The focus of the project is to continue construction on a new facility for the King’s Children’s home on the outskirts of Belize’s capital Belmopan. The home is a private, non-profit organization that is dedicated to helping and providing residential care for children in difficult circumstances regardless of their social status, culture, race or religious belief. The crowded home currently houses 60 children. *** Jeff Willoughby’s team won the Darwyn Strelau Memorial Hockey Tournament for the third consecutive year December 26. Four drafted teams competed in the annual tournament. *** The Shellbrook Affinity Credit Union Rec Centre was a busy place from morning ‘til night as the community celebrated SaskEnergy Saskatchewan Community Rink Day Saturday, January 15. Hockey and figure skating took centre ice through the day at the skating rink as the ice was in use from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. *** The timing couldn’t have been better for a mistake to be made on Shellbrook’s sewage lagoon project.
The project was temporarily shut down before it even started because of a missing permit. According to Town Administrator Tara Kerber, Sask Environment discovered that one of the necessary permits had not been filed causing the project to be shut down. The engineering firm in charge of the project, Stantec, is also in charge of securing all permits for the project. *** Students at Big River Community High School spent the month of November raising money for the Troops’ Morale Fund. Students traded any spare change they had in their pockets for a red ribbon to represent general support or a yellow ribbon to represent support of someone they actually know in the forces. The money raised funds for Tim Horton’s coffee & donuts for our troops in Afghanistan. This is the third annual event and this year students raised more than $650! The event was also the stage for the presentation of the Sask Energy Volunteer Champion award. This year’s recipient was long time hockey coach, official and volunteer Brenda Cromartie. The award is presented to an individual who has provided outstanding service as a volunteer to the local hockey community, either as a coach, an official, a team manager, or an association organizer. *** After nearly five years Shellbrook’s W.P. Sandin High School has finally formed a School Community Council (SCC). The council had a few initial meetings last fall and have since elected a committee chair and have adopted a committee format. The councils, legislated by the Provincial Government, replaced local school boards and parent-teacher associations following the forced school board amalgamations in 2006. At that time, 81 school divisions were amalgamated into 26. As part of that amalgamation process, the Parkland School Division, which included Shellbrook, Canwood, Debden and Big River, was absorbed into the Sask Rivers School Division. *** The Shellbrook Elks were eliminated in the first
round of the Saskatchewan Hockey Association’s provincial A tournament for the second consecutive year. The Elks hit the road Wednesday in hopes of avenging a close 5-3 loss to the Maidstone Jets Sunday but came up just short with a 6-5 loss on the road. *** A team curling out of Shellbrook earned a berth at the SaskTel Provincial Men’s Championship in North Battleford February 2- 6. The team of Derek Gaudreau, Aaron Gaudreau, Darren Lamotte and Chris Unger. captured the B Event at the SaskTel Northern Playdowns in Unity. The Gaudreau rink defeated the Randy Graham Rink 7-4 before being bounced from the A Event with an 8-6 loss to Gerry Adam. In the B, Gaudreau defeated Denis Sunderland 7-4, Brian Humble 8-6 and avenged their loss to Gerry Adam with a 9-2 victory. Other qualifiers include A Event winner Carl deConnick Smith, other B Event winner Darren Camm, and C Event winners Mark Lane and Brian Humble. February Premier Brad Wall announced that the government will provide annual revenue sharing equal to a full point of the provincial sales tax (PST), meaning a boost in revenue of approximately $55,800 for the Town of Shellbrook.
The announcement, made at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association annual convention could mean an approximate 30 per cent increase in operating grants. Last year the Town received an operating grant of $186,000. *** The Glen Heitt team of Unity defeated Larry Ruszkowski 7-6 to win A event at the Senior Mens Regional Playdowns in Shellbrook last weekend. Heitt finished with perfect record with wins over Wayne Ringdahl and Bob Gill to earn the A final berth. In all five teams advanced from Northerns to compete at the Affinity Credit Union Senior Men’s Northern Playdowns in Kamsack. Ed Fusick along with Keith Ranger, Dale Bruce and Hugh Sampson defeated the Kim Anderson rink to earn one of the two B Event berths. The other B event went to the team of Randy Malack, Merv Wiesner, Blaine Nelson and Phil England with a win over Ted Olson. In the C event Wayne Ringdahl, Fred Mathiason, Dale Bojarski and Bill Forsythe defeated Kim Anderson. In the second C Event Bob Gill led his team of Bruce Ede, Chris Udon and Wayne Gill over Gary Duncan to advance to northerns. *** It was a cold day but the snow was good as the Prairie Women on Snowmobiles (PWOS) made their way through
Shellbrook Sunday afternoon. The group made a coffee stop just before 3 p.m. at the Shellbrook Senior’s Centre. The 10 core riders, alternates and crew hit the road from Meadow Lake on a seven day, 1,800 km ride across Saskatchewan raising funds and awareness for Breast Cancer. *** Saskatoon’s Stefanie Lawton rink nearly ran the table at the Provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Outlook on the weekend. The team ripped through the competition entering the tournament’s final with a perfect 6-0 record before losing to returning champion Amber Holland 7-4 in the final. *** The Beaver Lakes Hockey League dropped a team heading into the last week of the regular season. The Whitefish Flyers were ejected from the league after showing up to a game in St. Louis with just three skaters and a goaltender resulting in a forfeit. The team, which was on probation after re-entering the league this year, was ejected two years ago after failing to show up to a game in the league finals. A team representative stated that the situation was caused by a miscommunication within the team as many of the players thought the game was cancelled due to freezing rain. *** If not for the wail of a smoke detector, Leask Hotel owner Ed Musich
could have lost more than his home and his job when a fire swept through the Leask Hotel early Wednesday morning. He’s lucky to be alive. Musich woke to the sound of the alarm at around 2:30 a.m. With smoke filling his living quarters in the back side of the hotel he tried to exit through the front of the building. The Leask Hotel owner escaped the building through another door and went out to the street. There he saw that the 99 year old landmark was engulfed in flames. In mere hours, the near century old building had burned to the ground. *** In 1990, a group of would-be performers decided to stage a three play dinner theatre to help pass the time during the long winter months. Twenty one years later, Leask’s Frostbite Theatre staged its’ 20th production -- Opal’s Husband, By John Patrick. *** After spending some time working in Shellbrook, Dr. Anatole Nguegno has decided to put down some roots in Shellbrook. Nguegno came to Saskatchewan, from Montreal, in October and has worked in a number of communities, including Prince Albert and La Ronge over that time. However, after landing in Shellbrook as a locum for Dr. Alwyn Fourie at the Shellbrook Medical Clinic, has decided to stay and practice in the community. Continued on page 3
Phoebe Renz, Dorothy Bannerman, Marie Jacobsen, Brad Novakowski and Stacey Tetreault play imaginary instruments they each invented under the hypnotic suggestion of William James at the Groenen Accounting After Tax Party at the Shellbrook Community Hall. The sell out show raised money for the Shellbrook First Responders, Hidden Hills of Shellbrook Golf Club and the Shellbrook Aardvarks Football team.
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Year in Review
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February The tender documents for the facility were approved February 9 by the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region (PAPHR) board at their regular meeting in Leoville. *** An Alberta man was arrested and nearly $10,000 in cash and drugs were seized in a bust near Shellbrook February 10. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) along with personnel from Prince Albert and Shellbrook RCMP conducted a roadside stop of a vehicle at the junction of Highway 3 and 55 February 10. In the bust, CFSEU seized $4000.00 in ecstasy, more than $5000.00 in cash, a loaded 32 cal., pistol and a 2007 Cadillac Escalade. *** The staff of Beau “Lac” Funeral Home have compiled a local phone directory with proceeds going to local community groups. Beau “Lac” has had 1,000 books printed and has provided them to organizations in the four communities they serve in the area, free of charge. Each of the charities are now responsible for selling the books with proceeds staying in the communities in which they are sold. The four charities are the Canwood Heritage Group, the Debden Heritage Manor, the Big River Community Centre and the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project. *** The Shellbrook Atom 3 Elks defeated the Saskatoon Venom Bobcats 6-5 in overtime to win the Prince Albert City Tournament February 13. *** The fifth seeded Leoville Huskies knocked off the number 4 seed Big River Braves in the Beaver Lakes Hockey League (BLHL) “survivor series.” The Huskies won game one of the series 8-6 in Big River Friday night before finishing the best of three series on home ice with an 8-4 win. *** The Sturgeon River Nordic Ski club took part in a three day extravaganza of racing February 11 to 13. The club, made up of youth from Shellbrook, Holbein, Spruce Home, Prince Albert and Christopher Lake, is coached by veteran ski-
ers Bill and Joan Jeffery. Parents and skiers alike travelled to La Ronge on Friday for the School Ski Championships and continued on to Flin Flon for the Provincial Championships. The Flin Flon club has been a member of the Cross Country Saskatchewan organization for several years and offered to host this year’s event. Local results are as follows: Jenna Beaulieu (PeeWee Girls) - La Ronge Sprints -3rd; La Ronge Distance - 6th; Provincial Sprints - 3rd; Provincial Classic Distance - 2nd. Erica Archer (PeeWee Girls) - La Ronge Distance - 14th./70 girls; Taryn Moe (Midget Girls) - La Ronge Sprints - 1st; La Ronge Distance - 3rd; Provincial Sprints - 2nd; Provincial Classic Distance - 4th; Hannah Miller (Midget Girls) - La Ronge Sprints - 2nd; La Ronge Distance - 2nd; Provincial Sprints - 3rd; Provincial Classic Distance - 3rd. Evan Beaulieu (Midget Boys) - La Ronge Sprints - 3rd; La Ronge Distance - 5th; Provincial Sprints - 7th; Provincial Classic Distance - 7th. *** The municipal share of the cost of the Shellbrook and Districts Integrated Health Complex dropped considerably the announcement that the province will now pay 80 per cent of the costs of regional health projects, like the Shellbrook integrated facility, up from 65 per cent previously. With the integrated 20 bed acute care and 34 bed long term care project estimated at $25.6 million, the regional share could be as low as $5.1 million, down from nearly $9 million under the old funding model. *** American Idol Contestant Kendra Chantelle Campbell, 22, of Nashville, Tennessee, has ties to small town Saskatchewan. Kendra is the daughter of Mavis (Thall) and Nat Campbell of Nashville and granddaughter to Elmer and Bernice Thall, formerly of Canwood and currently of Prince Albert, Sask. Kendra has many happy childhood memories of time spent in Canada. Kendra auditioned for American Idol in Nashville last summer and is now one of the remaining 60 performers to sing
in this week’s episode of Beatle week in Vegas. *** With the dissolution of the Shellbrook Legion Ladies Auxiliary many former members have now joined the Shellbrook Royal Canadian Legion since the new year. The result, according to Legion President Lloyd Rudolph, is a rejuvenated Legion. *** Tourism and industry in the Big River area benefited from $2 million in funding under the Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF) announced this week. Enterprise Minister Jeremy Harrison made the announcement, at the Big River Community Hall February 28, that will see $2 million invested into Destination West -- a two part proposal that includes development of tourism infrastructure and value added forestry infrastructure. The tourism component includes updates to the local airstrip, downtown revitalization, expansion of the Big River Regional Park, creation of cross-country and snowmobile trails, upgrades to the road to the Ness Creek Festival Site, a face-lift of the visitor centre and the development of an interpretive centre. The industrial component will see the community purchase land north of the Big River Lumber Mill for the purpose of developing an industrial park. *** The Shellbrook Silvertips quest for a Beaver Lakes Hockey League title ended Friday night at the hands of the St. Louis Blues. After evening the series on home ice February 20 with a 2-0 win, the Silvertips dropped two straight to the Blues marking their exit from the playoffs. Shellbrook lost 5-2 in St. Louis February 24 before losing February 25 by a score of 9-4. *** True to its’ name, Frostbite Theatre staged its’ 20th production on a frigid Saskatchewan weekend February 24,25 and 26 in the Leask Legion Hall. Despite the cold temperatures outside more than 200 turned out as the drama troupe staged Opal’s Husband, by John Patrick. *** The Big River rink was teeming with activity during the weekend of Feb 25 – 27, 2011. A total of
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RM of Big River Reeve Doug Panter, Enterprise Minister Jeremy Harrison, Big River Mayor Brian Brownfield and Sask Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson following the announcement of a $2 million allocation from the Community Development Trust Fund to fund the Destination West program.
17 teams from Big River, Debden, Odessa, Bruno, Balgonie, Hall Lake, Estevan and Maymont entertained high energy fans. The athletes provided exciting game action for the entire weekend! The winners of the tournament were: Bantam Boys: Gold Big River Blackhawks Silver - Bruno Axemen Bantam Girls: Gold Debden Roadrunners Silver – Big River Crusaders Juvenile Boys: Gold – Odessa Bandits Silver – Bruno Axemen Bronze – Balgonie Clippers Juvenile Girls: Gold – Debden Roadrunners Silver – Odessa Flames Bronze – Bruno T Birds Individual Awards were presented to: Juvenile Boys: Top Defense: Landen Middleton (Balgonie Clippers) Top Goaltender: James Neufeldt (Big River Bulldogs) Top Forward: Brendan Young (Big River Bulldogs) Most Valuable Player: James Neufeldt (Big River Bulldogs) Top Scorer: Jeremy Seitz (Odessa Bandits) Michael Lechner Award: Brady Schlamp (Estevan Raiders) Juvenile Girls: Top Defense: Victoria Bouchard (Debden Roadrunners) Top Goaltender: Raelene Henri (Big River Crusaders) Top Forward: Shelby Lomsnes (Big River Crusaders) Most Valuable Player: Shelby Lomsnes (Big River Crusaders) Top Scorer: Shelby Lomsnes (Big River Crusaders) Nationals will be held in Portage la Prarie, MB March 29 – April 2, 2011.
March There may be something more to farmers fields than just crops in the Debden area. Alberta based drilling company Precision drilling bored a pair of test holes in search of oil just east of Debden along Highway 55 over the past few weeks. The company was contracted by Husky Oil to drill at a number of sites within northern Saskatchewan through this winter. The drilling rig moved from the Debden area to Nipawin early this week. *** Domtar has an agreement to sell the Prince Albert Pulp Mill to Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corp. The deal, which is expected to close during the third quarter of 2011, would see upwards of $200 million invested in the plant while creating 200 jobs. The Prince Albert Pulp Mill will be converted to a dissolving pulp mill used in the textile industry. Paper Excellence will be investing over $200 million to convert the mill, which will create hundreds of construction jobs, followed by 200 permanent jobs. *** The Sask Party has a new candidate in the Rosthern-Shellbrook constituency heading toward the November 2011 election. Shellbrook business person Scott Moe defeated incumbent MLA Denis Allchurch to win the party nomination. Moe, the former Sask Party constituency association membership chair, said he had mulled the decision over for a great deal of time and just decided it was his time. *** The Shellbrook detachment has received three
calls in less than three weeks regarding vehicles stolen in front of Main Street Shellbrook businesses. According to Sergeant Carmella Schnieder, in these cold temperatures it is tempting to leave the vehicle running so drivers can come back to a warm ride but it just isn’t worth it with the risk of car theft. *** Two teams emerged from the Dominion Regional playdown at the Shellbrook Curling Club over the weekend to earn a spot in the provincial tournament starting on St. Patrick’s Day. Deb Cripps, Bev Miller, Bonnie Schmirler and Jean Longpre of Shellbrook defeated Prince Albert’s Jackie Swiderski in the A-B final to earn the Women’s berth to the Dominion Provincial Tournament in Humboldt March 17 through 21. On the Men’s side the Prince Albert rink of Brad Bibby, Steven Thevenot, Jordan Ambrose and David Schmirler knocked off the Leask rink of Roy Hamilton, Tom Spriggs, Art Spriggs and Murray Donahue to earn their spot in Humboldt. Three teams entered both the men’s and women’s division from Christopher Lake, Shellbrook, Prince Albert, Leask and La Ronge. *** Debden was well represented at the P4A Curling Extravaganza which was held on March 4th and 5th. The team of Kalen Gillies, Raymond Cyr, Cole Aarrestad, and Brayden Belair defeated Canwood to win the Bronze medal. The team of Desiree Beaulieu, Amanda Lepage, Juli Gustafson, and Morgan Beaulieu, lost to Shellbrook, but still came home with the silver medal. Continued on page 6
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Opinions Brad Dupuis News Editor
2011 a great year for region Few years have had so many huge news stories that have been so important to our region than 2011. This year we saw a renewed commitment to the forestry industry in both Big River and Prince Albert, a major loss of doctors in Shellbrook and the long awaited start of the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Complex, just to name a few. With the owner of the Big River Saw Mill steeped in a heated legal battle with the Provincial Government I don’t think anyone saw the Carrier Lumber’s move into the Big River area coming. After receiving an additional allocation of timber along with the announcement that the Prince Albert pulp mill was set to open sometime in 2012, the company announced its intention to bring a milling presence back to the Big River area. At the time, it remained to be seen whether or not that would be the existing Big River mill or a brand new one in the vicinity. The deal closed for the mill’s purchase from Eacom Timber a few months later and now Carrier is gearing up to open the mill over the next year which will provide upwards of 120 direct jobs. The re-establishment of the mills in Prince Albert and Big River completely changes the landscape of the industry in the province and changes the economy of the region. What they create in direct jobs is doubled in the spin-off jobs it creates, which is absolutely huge for the region. After more than 10 years of raising money and pressing the government to make a move, construction began on the facility that will replace the Shellbrook Hospital and Parkland Terrace Nursing Home. For many, this was a project that was never going to be approved. But for a few, it seemed to be an all consuming effort that was not going to be stop until the objective was reached. Their efforts are why we are in the position we are in today. In what was once an empty field now sits two stories of concrete and steel which will be our hospital by 2013. The $26 million project will not only provide the region with a brand new facility but also brings employment and economic benefits through the construction phase as well as when it becomes operational. But all the big stories were not positive ones in 2011 as Shellbrook’s once strong contingent of six physicians dwindled down to two this summer resulting in the closure of the hospital’s acute care services while cutting emergency service down to weekends only. The community and the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region continue their recruitment efforts but have yet to replace any of the outgoing physicians. I think this situation serves as a wake up call to the community and the region that no community is immune to physician shortages and that recruitment should be a never ending job whether you have one doctor or a team of 10. In the blink of an eye, the situation can change and have potentially severe consequences. All in all, it was a great year for the region and with any luck 2012 will continue where 2011 left off.
The Paul Martin Commentary Last year was not very good for investors. The feds have now had time to assess some of the more detailed data contained in the tax returns we filed this spring. One of the findings is that investors saw both their dividend income and interest earnings decline in 2010. Provincially, Saskatchewan stood in third spot among the provinces trailing BC which had the highest level of investment income while Alberta was second. The government also broke it down for the major cities. What we found is that a slightly larger percentage of Regina residents earned investment income than people in Saskatoon. But the gap was only about one percentage point and roughly in the middle of the pack in the country. Both had a median investment income of $570 which is down about five per cent from 2009 which is probably a bit of a surprise given that the market fell so much after the American banking crisis. But, in fact, what we saw across the country is that the number of people saving money went down by about 15 per cent, suggesting they had other uses for the money after the recession. *** It’s been a long time coming but Saskatchewan new home builders appear to have caught up. The latest tally of factors impacting the cost of building a new home show that the upward trend is gone and we’re even seeing a bit of a pullback in Saskatoon. The trends in Regina and Saskatoon have been quite different, actually. In Saskatoon, the cost of constructing a new home has been flat for a year or so. In Regina, the exact opposite has been happening as new home prices were steadily rising – up about five per cent over a year ago, one of the highest in the nation.
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The October figures, however, captured a change in direction. The cost of building a new home was unchanged from September in Regina - the first zero increase in months. In Saskatoon, the price pulled back about a third of a point from September. According to the StatsCan study, Saskatoon contractors were lowering prices to spark some fresh demand and even though some of the input costs were still rising, the price decrease more than offset increases in materials. *** The wobbly economy in many parts of the world, including much of North America, may actually be a blessing in disguise for businesspeople. That`s the viewpoint of Michael Canic. He`s a consultant on leadership issues with offices in both Canada and the US. He says the uncertainty in many markets is kind of contagious – it affects business and their customers so it is important for businesspeople to provide a clear value proposition in their day-to-day offerings. But he also says this is a time when a business should go under the microscope. Challenge every assumption about your business model, he advises entrepreneurs. And also check out what the competition is doing. If they are on the ropes financially, it might be a good time to introduce discount pricing and so on. Or it may be time to realign. He points to the fate of independent book stores as an example. Those that have survived did it by finding new ways to meet their customer needs such as adding kitchen utensils next to the cook books and sometimes even partnering with the competition.
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Viewpoint A good year for rural Sask. politics With the creeks on the rise, one might think it wasn’t such a good year for rural Saskatchewan. Well, it was at least a pretty good year when it came to getting what they wanted out of their governments. Let us quickly review 2011. One of the best news developments for rural Saskatchewan came in February when the government reversed its longstanding and wrong-headed 65-35 formula for funding rural nursing homes and hospitals to a more equitable 80-20 split. In a Feb. 22 news release, Health Minister Don McMorris announced the policy change as part of $133.1 million in health infrastructure and access improvements_ money that included $500,000 for CT services in Melfort, $20.5 million for physician recruitment and retention and $49.3 million for design costs and initial capital construction of nursing homes or hospitals in 13 communities. More good news for rural Saskatchewan emerged out of March budget with small business tax cuts, a raise in the basic income tax exemption to $14,535 and $55.6 million to reduce education property taxes that resulted in a $31.3-million
savings for farmers. Add it road upgrades, a rural revenue-sharing pool increase, a $32-million increase in agriculture spending, a boost to crop insurance coverage and unseeded acreage benefits, seven new agriculture extension services satellite offices in Meadow Lake, Lloydminster, Assiniboia, Moosomin, Estevan, Shaunavon and Wadena and a five-year, $26-million renewable diesel program and this was a pretty good budget for rural Saskatchewan. In May, rural Saskatchewan elected 13 Conservatives MPs to a Conservative federal majority government. That government has since ended the long-gun registry and the Canadian Wheat Board _ much to the delight of many rural people. Meanwhile, the province adverted a June teachers’ strike. Premier Brad Wall also put his foot down on striking crop adjusters who attempted to pressure the gov-
ernment by walking off the job instead of processing flood damage claims. Notwithstanding the dip in oil to the $80-a-barrel range, it was relatively quiet July and August that allowed rural folks to dry out from the spring flood. But things quickly got a lot noisier in the fall with September pre-election announcements of new hospitals for North Battleford and Moose Jaw. The October election campaign was chockfull of promises _ especially from Dwain Lingenfelter and the NDP who staked their re-election hopes on spending an additional $3.1 billion in the coming four years. But it was obviously the goodies specifically for rural Saskatchewan from the Sask. Party and Wall that caught rural voters’ attention. Among them were plans to get more health care professionals in the field through $120,000 forgivable loans
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for new doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses willing to relocate to under-served rural areas for five years. The Sask. Party also promised 20 additional seats for nurse practitioner training, a 20-doctor rural locum pool to relieve rural physicians in need of a break, pilot projects for emergency services training in southwest and the STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) medical helicopter program. The November vote produced a couple firsts in Saskatchewan electoral history _ the first time the winning governing party cracked the 60-per-cent barrier in popular vote and the first time all rural candidates wound up on the government side in Wall’s 49-seat landslide. With no cabinet changes, it was quickly back to business for the Wall government. The mid-year financial update in early December suggested that $240 million in flood cost had pushed the provincial deficit to $304 million. This was followed by an uneventful December sitting of the legislature. All in all, though, this would have to be considered a pretty good year for rural folk.
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Open market will be costly The Editor Last week at the Strudwick farm, east of Regina, a farm building full of open marketers got the news they wanted to hear. Starting in the new crop year, they will be able to market their own wheat and barley. Former Western Canadian Wheat Growers president, (Cherilyn JollyNagel was elated.) Under the bright lights of the TV cameras, she signed an open market forward con-
tract to sell some wheat with the statement “that sure feels good.” It seems not one of the open marketers saw the irony of it all. She is not going to market her own grain; the contract she signed was for a broker to sell her grain for her. Tell us Cherilyn how much per bushel are the broker fees going to cost you. Doesn’t she know the worlds biggest and best marketer earns multi mil-
lions above operating costs? In the end, her wheat is marketed for free. Doesn’t she know a 500 million annual premium farmers share in when marketing through the CWB is being traded away? For what, so Cherilyn can pay a broker to market her wheat for her? Once the wheat is sold to the multinationals it is no longer the farmer’s grain -- things like termi-
nal blending or premium quality sales, those dollars flow into corporate pockets. With the CWB, those extra dollars flowed into farmer pockets. The farmers can kiss those millions goodbye. Like my friend and mentor said to me, “Yes, it is true there are farmers in western Canada that are that stupid.” Henry Neufeld Waldeck, Sask.
Richest countries’ duty to give back to the poor Editor: I am asking only one Christmas gift this year: the end of the freeze on Canada’s foreign aid. Freezing foreign aid like Harper’s government did condemns a countless number of men, women and children to suffering, disease and death. It also slows down access to education and better living for the poorest of the world. (I used the term “foreign aid” to be well un-
derstood, but in my mind it’s not aid; it’s rather giving back to the poorest of the world a tiny part of what they were stripped off by rich countries over the years through intimidation, military presence, destabilization, destruction of their infrastructures and freeze and seizure of their assets.) I am not rich, I did not contribute to Mr Harper’s party and I am not either a creationist; nevertheless, I
hope Mr Harper won’t forget me during the Christmas period and will lift the freeze on Canadian foreign
aid. Bruno Marquis Gatineau QC
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Year in Review
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Debden High School Mixed curling team of Caleb Fisher, Quinn Smith, Darrin Gustafson, and Melinda Ardagh, who competed at the Provincial High School Championships in Regina on March 3, 4, 5th. They advanced to provincials by winning both the district and regional competitions without a loss. After 2 days of curling and 8 games the team played their last game for the bronze medal. Tied up without the hammer; the Yorkton skip made the needed hit and stay for the win giving Debden a fourth place finish. *** The community of Shellbrook raised more than $10,000 for Kinsmen Telemiracle 35 last weekend. The Shellbrook Kinsmen and Kinettes clubs brought in $9,847 through their annual Town Canvass and the sale of “Helping Hands” at area businesses. Meanwhile the student of Shellbrook’s W.P. Sandin High School chipped in another $1,055.22 through their fund raising efforts. Students raised $1,000.22 was raised through a “Helping Hand” selling competition within the school. The Grade 9 homeroom won that competition and were rewarded with a pizza party from the school’s SRC. A Grade 6 and Grade 10 class were runners up in the competition and were rewarded for their efforts with an ice cream party. Another $55 was raised through a puck toss at the school’s annual Sandin Classic students versus teachers hockey game. Telemiracle 35 in
Saskatoon March 5 and 6 raised $4.6 million raising the telethon’s fund raising grand total to $90 million since its inception in 1977. *** Pauline Cadieu has been reappointed Chairperson to the Canwood Housing Authority Board of Directors along with the new appointment of Eleanor Bahnuick. Cadieu has served on the board for the past 10 years. Other members of the board of directors are Barry Person and Joan Andersen. There is one vacant position. *** Some may think it’s crazy but this year’s participants of the Big River Shiver just call it good clean fun. A few hundred turned out to watch the annual polar bear swim and pond hockey tournament on Cowan Lake, just down the street from Big River’s downtown Saturday afternoon. The 4th annual event drew a good mixture of the usual suspects along with some new blood for the polar bear swim. *** Robert Hryniuck was honoured at the banquet of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) Convention in Saskatoon last month. Hryniuck received an honorary membership in SUMA in recognition of his thirty-six years served on the council of the Village of Leask where he served as both a councilor and mayor. *** Local rink staff topped the ranks at the annual Farmer’s Fun Spiel at the Shellbrook Curling Rink. Curling rink manager Ron Cripps skipped his team to an A event win
while Shellbrook Skating Rink caretaker Ken Person took top honours in the B event. Cripps and team mates Val Saunders, Meg Ritchie and Carmellie Archer defeated Rick Thompson to win the A event in Sunday’s final. Cripps received a bye into the second round of the A event and defeated the Fisher and Doug Schmirler rinks to make it into the final. Person, along with team mates Thomas Person, Stuart Person and Richard De Bruijn defeated the Craig Stochmanski rink to win the B event. The Person rink lost to Rick Thompson before defeating Rob Olsen, and Dawn Viczko to earn their final berth. After a pair of early losses Gord Thompson defeated Joop Van melle and Wade Fisher to make it into the C final. Thompson defeated Grant Folden to win the C event. *** For the first time since entering the league 11 years ago, the Shellbrook Elks won’t be in the Fort Carlton Hockey League final. After winning game one, the Elks dropped three straight to lose their semi-final match to the Prairie Outlaws 3-1. Heading into the weekend, the series was tied 1-1. Friday night, the Elks lost 7-6 on home ice before losing 5-4 in overtime in Waldheim. *** Provincial revenue and expense are set to increase as Finance Minister Ken Krawetz tabled the Saskatchewan’s 2011 budget.
Brenda Cromartie receives the Sask Energy Volunteer Champion award from Shellbrook Minor Sports President Lyle Banda.
Krawetz said the province’s growing economy has created “The Saskatchewan Advantage” and means Saskatchewan’s budget will be unlike most others tabled across Canada this year. *** Changes to the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) a number of new tax credits and health professional attraction strategies were included in the Federal Budget. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, tabled a budget plan that launches the Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan, a low-tax plan for jobs and growth, which keeps the Government on track to return to balanced budgets in the medium term. *** A group of Leask resi-
Kinsmen Members Paul Bourgeault, Adam Kulrich, Grant Hladun, Devon Thorpe, Robert Chuback and Paul Beaulieu with the collection bin at the Shellbrook Elementary School for the “Crush it” program. The program saw $350 per metric tonne of plastic and $150 per metric tonne of cardboard milk containers collected before February 26 donated to Telemiracle.
dents are looking to commemorate the village’s upcoming centennial with a historical cookbook. Jo-Anne McHanson, Irene Cyr and Diane Harris spent a few days in the Shellbrook Chronicle office pouring through pages of back issues looking for material to include in the book. The book will feature recipes, newspaper clippings, stories and artwork submitted by the residents and former residents. *** More than 110 Leask and area residents turned out for the Leask Lion’s New Resident’s Welcome Night at the Lion’s Hall. According Lion’s Charter member Derril Rogerson, the club decided to hold the event every three years to ensure that newcomers were welcomed while maintaining an event that is of a reasonable size. The evening provides new residents with some insight into what the community has to offer while also providing newcomers an opportunity to mix with long time residents. Roughly 20 families from the village had been invited while Rogerson while an undetermined amount were invited from the RM. *** Debden product Jody Blais was the toast of the Prairie Junior Hockey League last month as he was awarded one of the league’s top honours. Blais, in his first year with the P.A. Ice Hawks, was awarded the league’s regular season MVP award
as a result of his hardwork and commitment to the team. *** One day after tabling the provincial budget, Premier Brad Wall rallied the troops at a Premier’s Dinner at Prince Albert’s Art Hauser Centre March 24. In his speech, Wall outlined many of the party’s promises and what has been accomplished since they received their mandate in 2007. The Victoria Hospital has been included in the province’s initiative to reduce surgical wait times in Saskatchewan. As a result, $2 million has been allocated from that plan to the Victoria Hospital. *** Shellbrook Town Council were able to tow the line as they passed their budget at a special meeting March 21. Taxes will remain static this year while council has budgeted for new spending in a number of areas. This was able to be done though a $54,000 increase in provincial revenue sharing and an extension of the Federal Gas Tax program. Last year’s operating grant was $186,000 while this year’s grant came in at $240,000. Bigger ticket items included in the budget are the replacement of two blocks of sewer line, the servicing of five campsites at the Kinsmen Park and the purchase of a Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). Continued on page 8
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Agriculture Wheat Growers to oppose CWB court action The Western Canadian Wheat Growers As-
sociation will be moving to oppose the legal action
launched by the Canadian Wheat Board that is aimed
Farm groups ask Governor General to not sign Bill C-18 Recently a joint letter was sent to Governor General David Johnston by the National Farmers Union, the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance, and the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, asking him to not grant Royal Assent to Bill C-18 (Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act) until the legal action before the courts are resolved. On December 7th, 2011 the Honourable Douglas Campbell of the Federal Court ruled that Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz broke the law when he introduced Bill C-18 into Parliament without consulting the Canadian Wheat Board’s farmer elected Board of Directors and holding a fair plebiscite among farmers. Consequently, Judge Campbell has ruled that Minister Ritz cannot simply rescind the Canadian Wheat Board Act in order to avoid hav-
ing to follow it. Immediately after the decision was rendered, the federal government announced that it would be appealing the decision. “We call on the Governor General to refrain from granting this bill Royal Assent. This law cannot be implemented until the legal actions have run their course. This is an important moment in Canadian history. A federal government has been found to have broken the law. It cannot simply ignore such a ruling. The rule of law is fundamental to any democratic society. These are fundamental values of Canadian society,” stated NFU president Terry Boehm. “This is a government that has repeatedly referred to itself as the ‘law and order’ government. Yet now we are hearing that it has no intention of respecting
the decision made by a federal court judge. This ‘law and order’ government has broken the law, and now it intends to try and simply continue breaking the law. We must all recognize that when a government refuses to comply with the law, such action is an affront to the rule of law itself,” said CWBA President Bill Gehl. “A law-abiding government would not pass this bill until the courts have fully dealt with it. But, then again, a law abiding government would never have introduced this bill into Parliament, and would have consulted farmers prior to considering any legislation. Bill C-18 is clearly ‘the fruit of a poison tree,’” stated Friends of the CWB President Bob Roehle.
at preventing the implementation of an open market for wheat and barley on the prairies. “The eight CWB directors have carried on their political games long enough,” says Kevin Bender, President of the Wheat Growers. “It’s time to move forward and create the open market that the federal government has promised western farmers.” The Wheat Growers will be filing an application to intervene as soon as the CWB and/or the eight directors file their application in the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench. “This reckless action by the CWB directors is causing needless uncertainty in the marketplace,” says Cherilyn Nagel, Past President of the Wheat Growers. “It is costing farmers money. It’s time to put a stop to it.” Prairie farmers stand to reap significantly higher prices and other benefits once an open market is implemented in western Canada. Many farmers also want to take advantage of the opportunity to forward price their wheat and barley once Bill C-18 is passed into law later this week. However the uncertainty created by the
Marketing plan for grain
By Dave Cubbon, P Ag Cavalier Agrow Ltd. Producers have finished harvest, got their bushels counted up. It is time to start selling grain. Actually, selling probably started a couple of months ago. As we head into the new year, it is time to revisit your marketing plan. A marketing plan is essential for any producer of commodities. A marketing plan acts as a roadmap that leads them through the season. Some grain may have already been sold into the market. Some grain may be committed by having a contract in the future. These sales are part of the original marketing plan that needs to be updated. Updating your marketing plan will allow the new information that has become available since harvest to be incorporated into your next set of actions. Information is one of the keys to developing a successful marketing plan. Information is more than going to your local coffee shop or phoning the elevator. A sound marketing plan includes information from a number of sources. The farm press through radio, television and print media can all be excellent source of information. The internet has become a very useful tool to gather information. Talking to other producers about what they have heard and read is important. All information sources must be accurate to be useful. Accuracy means that the information that obtained must be based on fact. It is dry in India. This fact leads
some market analysts to believe that the price of peas and lentils could be on the rise. This belief is not a fact. Things like excessive world stocks of peas and lentils could be the reason that the price will not rise. Maybe the Indian government has a tariff on our peas and this will keep the price down. When taking a fact to a marketing decision, there needs to be a whole lot of things taken into consideration. There are market analysts that are out there for hire that will tell you how they think the market will respond to the facts as they see them. Paid advice is a tool that should be looked at when you are not spending the time and effort to develop the information that is required to develop a strong marketing plan. For a marketing plan to be successful, discipline is another key component. Discipline means that a plan is developed and it is followed through on. A marketing plan is developed to get over the problems that come from fear and greed that are human nature when selling any product. The self-control that is required to make a marketing plan successful must come from solid advice and strength from within. Marketing plans do work. Take time to develop one for your operation. The time will help you get a better price over the long term. The average price that is received for the production of your farm is the number that will determine your yearly profit level. Take time to develop a marketing plan that will allow your profit to be maximized.
eight directors could result in lost sale opportunities and forward price offers to farmers that are lower than would be the case if this uncertainty did not exist. “We look forward to the day when these eight directors can no longer
wreak havoc in the marketplace,” says Bender. “There will be a new era of prosperity and investment in western Canadian agriculture as soon as farmers are able to freely trade our wheat and barley.”
Prince Albert Raider Hockey Schedule Fri., January 6 ~ 7 p.m
P.A. VS Brandon Sat., January 7 ~ 7 p.m
P.A. VS Brandon Wed., January 11 ~ 7 p.m
P.A. VS Regina
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Welcome to the Community Night! January 13, 2012
Canwood Elk’s Hall Cocktails – 6:00 p.m. Supper – 6:30 p.m.
(Catered to by Neighborhood Caterers) Admission: $13.00 – Advanced Tickets available at: R.M. of Canwood, Village of Canwood, Canwood Co-op Short Program/Entertainment to follow! Door Prizes! If you are new to the Community since 2008 and have not received an invitation in the mail, please contact your Municipality R.M. of Canwood – 468-2014;Village of Canwood – 468-2016 Please join us in welcoming all the newcomers to our community! Event co-sponsored by Affinity Credit Union
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Year in Review
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The Shellbrook and Area Ministerial Association is proud to announce that we finally have a Food Bank! After months of planning, preparing and organizing, the Shellbrook Area Ministerial Food Bank will be opening its doors on 100 Railway Avenue, Shellbrook, for distribution on Tuesday, April 19th. We will be providing food hampers to those who are in need and request one. Residents of Shellbrook, Parkside, Canwood, Mont Nebo, Leask and Holbein can make requests for food hampers beginning on April 4th. *** The Community Initiatives Fund (CIF) recently awarded $32,470 to the Blaine Lake Community Fund-Raising Organization to update the Blaine Lake Skating Rink and help reduce its operating costs. The funding will go toward the retrofitting of the facility installing Low-E Foil ceiling insulation and energy-efficient lighting for the facility. The retrofitting will extend the useful season in the natural ice rink while also bringing down the cost of operations with the use of more energy efficient lighting. The $32,470 grant will cover roughly half of the cost of the project, which is expected to be completed next fall. *** A collaboration of three valuable groups once again resulted in another great achievement for Big River. Fishermen, volunteers and sponsors came together in this “happening little town” for the 11th annual ice fishing derby. This fun, yet serious, event is one that more than 500 people look forward to each year. March 19th, the 2nd last
Saturday of the month as it is every year, was the great day. Early birds signed up before March 4th vying for a chance to win the utility trailer. Stephanie Simonot of Prince Albert was the lucky winner of the early bird prize. More than $22,000 in prizes, including a $10,000 cash first prize were at stake on the big day. Seeming to have perhaps learned about fishing from his sister Charity, Chad Tuttroen registered a 3.7 pound pike which placed him first in the challenge and consequently resulted in a win of $10,000 cash for Chad. Incidentally, Charity went home with the big money in 2007. *** The Canwood Housing Authority Board of Directors hosted a special event to honour one Board Member for long service. Pauline Cadieu has served as a volunteer on the Board for 10 years and will continue on the Board in her position as Chairperson. The Saskatchewan Housing Corporation recognizes their volunteers for 10, 15, 20 and 25 plus years of volunteer service. An average of 100 individuals from across the province are recognized on an annual basis. Cadieu received a Certificate of Recognition from the Province of Saskatchewan and a Long-Service Lapel Pin from the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation. Denis Allchurch, MLA for Rosthern-Shellbrook made the presentation. Allchurch thanked this volunteer and fellow board members; Barry Person, Joan Anderson, Andy Larsen and Eleanor Bahnuick for the dedicated volunteers that they are. Manager, Lorna Benson, was also praised for her work. Trudy Jackson, from the Ministry of Social
Services presented a gift to Pauline Cadieu on behalf of Central Region Housing Operations staff. *** The Canwood Canucks are Midget A Female Provincial Champions after knocking off the Estevan Baxter Cougars in Canwood. The Canucks opened the two game total point series with a 3-1 win on the road before thrilling a home ice crowd with a 5-1 victory to win the title. The Canucks started their run with a pair of wins, 4-1 and 4-3, over the Prince Albert Northern Pats in the opening round of the playoffs. In the Northern Final, the Canucks defeated Elrose 4-2 and 2-1 to set up the final matchup. The Cougars earned a bye into the Northern Final where they knocked out the Regina Renegades 2-0 and 4-3 to earn their shot at the Provincial A title. *** The Shellbrook Senior’s Curling Club wound down their season March 23 with their annual Closed Bonspiel. The Team of Peter Postnikoff, Wilbur Grayston, Ray Danger and newly minted club life member Pat Gunn knocked off the John Priestley rink in the A event final to win the club Championship. Gunn was awarded a life membership in the Shellbrook Senior’s Curling Club upon turning 80 this year. In the B final it was the team of Joop Van Melle, Ed Gurbach, Linda Svendsen and Maurice Tanchuk over the Clarence Bowes rink to capture the Ross Ritchie Trophy. The Bill Stephens Trophy went to the team of Arnold Gunderson, LaVerne Suderman, Wilf Lindenbach and Marion Miller with a win over Harold Gray in the C Event final.
Debden provincial curling representatives Caleb Fisher, Quinn Smith, Derrin Gustafson, Melinda Ardagh and coach Bob Thompson.
Bert Porter (Dave Whalley) and Allan Daku (Nathan Dzialo) work side by side going through lily bulbs.
*** Donny Parenteau lit up the stage at the Shellbrook Theatre with his brand of country music March 26. Parenteau, with band mates Blaine Yandt, on bass, Mark Whitehead on guitar, Mike Given on guitar, unrolled much of the new album “To Whom it May Concern” during the CD release concert. For the price of admission, concert-goers got a night’s worth of entertainment and a copy of the new CD. *** About 250 turned out to an RM of Canwood ratepayers meeting to discuss the implementation of a municipal levy collected for the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project. On July 12, 2010, the RM of Canwood council passed a bylaw to collect a $150 levy from every household to help fund construction of an integrated health facility in Shellbrook. The meeting was the result of a petition circulating around the region calling for a public meeting to be held. Complaints from the crowd ranged from a lack of consultation with rate payers, to questions of whether or not it was legal for a municipality to levy its tax base without public input. There were also concerns about senior citizens being able to afford another $150 a year on a fixed income. *** The team of Austin Kalyn, Dylan Saam Derr, Garret Feige, Josh Boettcher, of Shellbrook, captured the Junior Rural P4A Curling banner at the Rural Extravaganza
March 6 in Canwood. The Shellbrook rink defeated Debden in the gold medal match. Pictured here are Austin Kalyn, Dylan Saam Derr, Garret Feige, Josh Boettcher and coach Angie Feige. Missing are coach Pam Boettcher and spare Peter Fox. April The Shell Lake Lions Club, which consists of about 20 members has donated $20,000 to the Shellbrook and Districts Health Complex. The Health Complex will house a 20 bed acute care centre combined with 34 long term care beds and other community health services. Construction is expected to begin on that project later this year. *** Triple S Transport won the Samuel McLeod Business Excellence Award for Customer Service at an awards ceremony in Prince Albert Tuesday night. The company was nominated by another member of the business community in the Customer Service category which includes businesses in the wholesale and retail trade, purchasing and distribution, transportation, brokering, professional services, communications, financial industries. The company was up against stiff competition in Conexus Credit Union, Advantage Credit Union and Era Maternity. *** The 2010-11 WP Sandin Mining and Resourses class is one of the best traveled in the province. In the fall semester, the group saw the inner workings of potash and
coal mines in Southern Saskatchewan before flying to Cameco’s Rabbit Lake uranium facility in mid-January. *** Staff, residents and volunteers of the Debden Heritage Manor have put their talents to good use as they have undertaken a project to crochet knit caps and small blankets for premature babies in Neonatal Units in prairie hospitals. *** The Shellbrook W.P. Sandin Composite High Senior Drama Club scored laughs a plenty with their production of Unwrapped, by Charlie Lovett. The drama club hosted their annual desert theatre March 29 at the Shellbrook Theatre just days before competing at the Regional Drama Festival in Carrot River. The club returned from the festival a well decorated bunch with nine certificates and awards. Linda Randell received the Bob Hinitt Technical Performance Award for costuming. Kendra Helm was the runner up for the Mary Ellen Burgess Performance Award for Acting Excellence for her role as frazzled broadcaster Hedda Gobbler. Danielle Reddekopp won the Cheers Award for Unwrapped, given to an individual without whome the drama club would not have been the same. Technical certificates of merit for hear and make-up were awarded to the following: Danielle Reddekopp, Taylor Cutting, Hayley Galbraith, Sarah Bilyk, Desirae Schmalz, Tori Moore and Tessa Moore. Continued on page 9
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Year in Review
Continued from page 8 APRIL The swelling Tippy Canoe Creek, at the edge of Canwood, provided serious problems for the community as spring run off was flowing faster than culverts could handle the water. Village administrator Lisa Quessy said that the water was very close to covering Highway 55, just south of the Whispering Pines Place nursing home on the community’s west side. The Canwood Volunteer fire department were put in charge of the scene. Pumps were set up to move water from the north side of the road to the south to take some of the pressure off of the culvert under the highway. From there, water flowed through three culverts under the railroad tracks, then under another road into an old creek bed. On the old Canwood Highway 240 a pair of backhoes were set up with their buckets covering the culvert on the north side of the road to help slow the flow of water toward the village. Luckily the village saw the potential for problems
and came up with a plan to combat rising flood waters. *** The Shellbrook and Districts Integrated Health Complex is one step closer to reality after the construction contract was awarded by the Prince Albert Parkland Regional Health Authority board of directors at the regular meeting April 13 in Prince Albert. Tenders closed on April 6th, and were opened by the architect (AODBT) and the project’s steering committee on April 7th. The award of the construction contact to Graham Construction Ltd. with a bid of $20,835,884 was recommended. *** The 2011 Emerald Gloves Martial Arts Tournament was held in Prince Albert on April 9. Laura Lee Hatch and Nathan Anderson of Shellbrook competed and qualified to represent Team Canada at the Pan Am Games in Regina in June. Laura Lee also holds a provincial title and earned a silver in the Can Am Classic Tournament which was held in Regina in February. Laura Lee: second in
Sambo, Kickboxing, Point Sparring, third in: Weapon Sparring, Open Hand Kata, Weapon Kata. Nathan: First and Second in Weapon Sparring; third in Open Hand Kata and fourth in Point Sparring. *** Mayor, council and administration for the Village of Leask celebrated the grand opening of their new office. Renovations were completed on the new office, located at 15 Main Street, just in time for the April 1 move in date. The RM and Village agreed to split up their offices and staff late last year due to the increased work load of the position of administrator. *** More than 400 people from across the province turned out to the Shellbrook Theatre over the weekend to see the life story of a local legend brought to the stage. For the Love of Lilies: The History of Honeywood follows the life of Dr. Bert and Winni Porter as he made the transition from school teacher to a world renown horticulturist in the 1930’s. The play, written and acted by the Host
Players was a fund raiser for Honeywood (Dr. A.J. Porter) Heritage Nursery. *** Lori Saam’s ticket was drawn from a pool of 2,305 to win the top prize of $150,000 in the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project’s Cash Lotto Saturday night. The mother of four, bought her ticket the night before the draw from health services project treasurer Murray Kasun. Robin and Penny Langford, of Shellbrook and Marc Harms, of Glenbush, each won $2,500 Coop Fuel Cards while it took four tries to find a winner for the $5,000 previous purchaser’s draw. Three tickets were drawn and compared to the list of last years purchasers before the ticket purchased by Don and June Moe, of Shellbrook was drawn. Five $1,000 prizes were awarded to people from across the region. Brian Jewitt, of Shellbrook, Mike Kopchynski, of Prince Albert, Marcel Sanderson, of Marcelin, Maureen Herzog, of Saskatoon and Melissa Moe, of Parkside were each drawn for the $1,000 prizes. *** Dr. Rezvan GhiassiRazavi Dr. Vajdiyeh Shaker and Dr. Shameem Shaker informed the health
Emerald Lake Regional Park Manager Terry Simpson uses a tractor to remove a tree from a road in the park following a tremendous summer storm mid-July.
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region that they would be leaving the community July 31. According to the Health Region, the three physicians intend to continue to provide clinic, inpatient and emergency service. A fourth physician, Dr. Raj Dhaliwal, will be finished his six month locum term at the end of April. That would leave Dr. Alwyn Fourie and Dr. Anatole Nguegno as the lone physicians in the community taking call. *** The Spiritwood and District 20th Annual Music Festival was held April 5-6, 2011 at the Spiritwood Civic Center. Four Shellbrook area piano students who study in Shellbrook with teacher Elaine Mitchell competed in this event. Danae Davidson, Big River, played in 2 classes - Canadian Repertoire and Recital Piece, both for 10 and under, where she received 2 first place certificates. Karlene Davidson, Big River, played in three classes – 20 & 21st Century, Recital Piece, both 18 years and under and a Senior Chopin class. Karlene received first place in all three classes. Alexandrea Johnson, Shellbrook, played in three classes – Senior Chopin, Recital Piece 17 and under and Piano Solo, RCM Grade 9, any age. Alie received two first places and a second. Laura Toth, Leask, played in two classes – Recital Piece and Sonata/ Sonata , both 15 years and under. She received first place certificates in both of her classes. *** The Prairie Spirit Board of Education approved the appointment of John Kuzbik as the new Director of Education at its regular meeting on Monday, April 18. Kuzbik has been a Superintendent of Schools with Saskatchewan Rivers School Division in Prince Albert since 2000. *** A Parkside area organic farmer has joined a class action lawsuit against chemical company Monsanto. Mumm’s Sprouting Seeds joined the class action suit, filed US federal district court in Manhattan, New York last month as one of six plaintiffs in Canada and one of 60 in North America. Of those 60 there are a few organizations involved which represent thousands of producers. Including members of the OCIA
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and Canadian Organic Growers there are more than 270,000 The suit itself was filed by the Public Patent Foundation on March 29 against Monsanto Company to challenge the company’s patents on genetically modified (GM) seed like Roundup Ready varieties. *** Shellbrook Town Council approved major changes at the Shellbrook Curling Club. A delegation from the curling club presented a plan that would see the club’s lounge move upstairs into the current viewing area. The current dressing rooms and viewing area will then be moved downstairs into the former lounge. Lounge manager, Ron Cripps said that the move is all about accessibility. The new lounge will be wheelchair accessible while it will also provide greater access to the rink’s canteen. Having dressing rooms at ice level will also keep the ice area cleaner as there will be less common area between the ice and the dressing rooms. *** The Prince Albert Pulp Mill is open for the first time in five years and moving toward a full restart of pulp operations. Paper Excellence has finalized the company’s purchase of a facility that has been shut since 2006. *** Naber Performance, in Shellbrook, ushered in a Legend. The company introduced their customers to the newest addition to their business -- Legend Boats -- at a grand opening event Saturday. More than 350 turned out to have a look at Naber’s newest offering and take in a complementary hamburger lunch. *** Though much of the country’s political landscape changed in Monday’s Federal Election, nothing changed in the Shellbrook region as all four local ridings remained Conservative blue. Nationally Stephen Harper’s Conservatives marched to a majority earning 167 seats while Jack Layton’s NDP supplanted the Liberals as the Official Opposition with 102. Of the local ridings, Desnethe-MissinippiChurchill was the most closely contested. Continued on page 10
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December 30, 2011
Year in Review
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May On Sunday, May 1, the United Churches in Shellbrook and Big River celebrated Holy Humour Sunday. In Big River, the Royal Purple Church Parade attended the service and the feeling was that the service was different but very uplifting. This was the 1st year that Holy Humour was celebrated in Big River and the 2nd year for Shellbrook. The Shellbrook congregation knew exactly what was coming this year. *** The community of Leask rallied around the memory of one of their own to make a recent fund raiser a huge success. Community members formed a Relay for Life team called the “Friends of Fif” in memory of the late Annette Unyi who lost her battle with cancer in October. As their major fund raiser, the team organized a burger barbecue and pie auction April 28 and were blown away by the response. The group raised $4,472.10 between burger sales, the pie auction, raffles and donations the event raised $4472.10. “We expected at the most 125 people and we put out at least 185 meals,” said team member Janet Conan.
Spring Fling propelled the Hidden Hills of Shellbrook Golf Course in the right direction to start the golf season. The fund raiser brought in about $14,600 to go toward paying down the club’s loan on its expansion and irrigation project completed last year. *** All Prince Albert Parkland Health Region programs returned to regular operations Tuesday following one day of job action by the Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS). The Union issued a 48 hour strike notice Friday May 6 and about 60 specialized staff went on strike Monday morning. According to the Health Region, about 190 patient and client appointments were cancelled or rescheduled for a variety of outpatient services in preparation for the job action. *** North Central Rail Ltd. is still working on a deal with OmniTRAX to purchase 320 kilometres of track between Meadow Lake and Speers. The corporation met with OmniTRAX in the middle of April after the US rail giant turned down North Central’s most recent bid but the two sides didn’t find common ground.
The first step of a potential purchase depends on a price being set that both sides can live with. Once that has been completed, North Central can make application to the Provincial government for a loan to purchase the line. *** Another canola crop was planted on Town of Shellbrook owned land over the weekend with proceeds to go toward capital improvements at the Shellbrook Skating and Curling rinks. Volunteers seeded two separate plots of land east and west of town as part of the annual Field of Dreams project. This year 110 acres was planted with 30 acres seeded at the original field on the east edge of town and the remaining 70 seeded at the town’s west edge. *** Eleven W.P. Sandin Wildlife management students got the inside track on what it takes to race sled dogs in March. Musher Luke Naber gave the students a hands on tour of his dog stable and explained the ins and outs of dog sledding before giving the students a taste of the sport. Naber, got his start in the world of mushing as a high school student at W.P. Sandin and has gone on to compete in a number of events, most nota-
bly a win in the Canadian Challenge eight dog category in 2010. *** Though people were few, the information was plenty at the Town of Shellbrook’s Ratepayers meeting Monday night at the Shellbrook Community Hall. Town council members made presentations on the municipal budget, site plans for the Shellbrook and Districts Integrated Health Complex and other projects under the Town’s Umbrella. Mayor George Tomporowski outlined nearly $7 million in current projects using contracted services. In addition to $6.7 million for the sewage Lagoon, the Town anticipates a $160,000 bill to replace two to three blocks of sewer line this summer. *** Shellbrook Elementary School has been added to a group of 21 schools offering Pre Kindergarten in the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division next fall. According to Superintendent of Schools, Donna Baergen, between 16 and 20 spaces will be available for children aged 3 and 4 years old at Shellbrook Elementary. She said that the decision was made in consultation with the school division and was likely based on a number of factors. The program is fully funded by the Ministry of Education.
Longtime member Vic Mortensen, former greens keeper Nick Bilyk, Ev Hollowell, grand daughter of Milt and Aggie Sterling and long time member Sylvia Jones hold the ribbon as young golfer Jacksen Bloom cuts the ribbon to officially open the newly redesigned Hidden Hills of Shellbrook Golf Course.
*** The Drive for Literacy campaign sponsored by Mix 101FM from Prince Albert rolled into Shellbrook on Thursday, May 12. The goal of the campaign was to collect gently used children’s books from schools in the Sask. Rivers School Division. Books collected will be given to various non-profit organizations within the Prince Albert Area. While at the school, MIX 101FM interviewed Kyle Harms SRC President live on the radio on the importance of reading at a young age. *** Shellbrook is in the running for a $25,000 prize and a spot on TSN’s Kraft Celebration Tour. For the third year in a row, Canada becomes the backdrop for one of the country’s most anticipated summertime events, as Kraft Canada and TSN head back out on the road with the return of the Kraft Celebration Tour. With stops from coast to coast, the Kraft Celebration Tour will see TSN’s flagship sports news program SPORTSCENTRE broadcast live from 10 lucky Canadian communities over a period of 10 days this summer from August 19 to 28. *** All of the pieces fell into the right places at the right time for new Shellbrook Recreation Director Cassie Bendig. She was completing her final course work for her Science Degree -Kineseology while looking for a house in Shellbrook when she heard about the job opening. She applied, got the job and then started on a part time basis in the middle of March while she completed her studies. *** Teachers from the Shellbrook Schools rolled up their sleeves and pitched in at a number of locations during the two day job action by the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF). On those days, more than 12,000 teachers walked off the job in schools across the province to back their contract demands. More than 160,000 students and their families were affected by the strike action. Shellbrook Elementary Teachers did some spring cleaning at Cenotaph Park, at the corner of Main Street and 2nd Avenue East before spending time at the Parkland Terrace Nursing Home. Teachers from WP Sandin hit the links
Wednesday at the Hidden Hills of Shellbrook laying sod faster than golf club employees could harvest it. The group of 15 teachers exhausted a day’s worth of work that had been lined up for them in just a few hours and course employees had to find other work to keep them busy until 3 p.m. The day before a strike planned by members of the Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation (STF) students from Big River Community School held their own at the town’s main intersection in support of their teachers. About 50 students, mostly high school seniors, attended the afternoon rally Tuesday. Students walked out at 11 a.m. for the rally and returned to classes by 2 p.m. *** Shellbrook Elementary School students were tested on their knowledge of the rules of the road during the annual Bike Road-eo May 19. The block of 4th Avenue East adjacent to the school was blocked off, with the help of the Shellbrook RCMP, and a chalk obstacle course of real world cycling situations was set up to test the student’s riding knowledge. The event, sponsored by the Shellbrook Elementary School Community Council was held in conjunction with National Road Safety Week. *** Former Shellbrook resident Jordan Harris is now the property of the Prince George Cougars. The 6’1, 170 pound defenceman from Prince Albert was chosen 10th overall earlier this month in the Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft. Harris, 15, played all of his minor hockey in Shellbrook before moving on to Prince Albert. *** During Easter the Canwood travel club visited France and Italy. It was a 10 day trip that included stops at Paris, Nice, Monaco, Florence, and Rome! *** Nearly 150 turned out for the Shellbrook Walk, Run, Stroll event at the Shellbrook Sports Grounds Sunday afternoon. In all there were about 100 adults and 40 children that paid to take part in the event. The idea for the run/ walk came from similar events organized around the province. Continued on page 11
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Continued from page 10 MAY Former Shellbrook residents Phil Miller and Brenda Hanson rounded up a whole lot of local talent for a charity concert at the Shellbrook Theatre Saturday night. Little Bald Angels is a registered charity started by cancer patient Cheryl Sauer months before losing her battle to the disease in 2005. She was just 22 years old. The charity’s aim is to provide Pediatric Cancer patients with various types of assistance from food gift cards to emergency overnight bags. *** On Wednesday May 18th Canwood Community School together with the Shellbrook R.C.M.P. held a Bike Rodeo. The theme for this year’s Bike Rodeo was “Ride Right Know the Rules of the Road”. The intent of the Rodeo is to educate children how to stay safe while riding a bike. Over 28 eager participants rode their bikes through the safety course, with Constable Dave Charabin inspecting and directing! *** Group Leader, Pat Letendre and Leask Youth Travel Club have returned from a trip to France, Germany and the Alps. Highlights of the trip included seeing the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris, a cog and wheel car trip up a mountain in the Swiss Alps and an emotionally charged tour of the Dachu Concentration Camp in Austria. JUNE Cool weather over the weekend had people bundling up to take in this year’s Shellbrook Sports Days June 4 and 5. The event, organized by Shellbrook Minor Sports, had slightly smaller crowds than in previous years but there was no shortage of attractions. Minor Sports Treasurer, Greg Muller said both days were about even for attendance with a larger number likely sticking around the grounds on the warmer Sunday afternoon while visitor turnover was higher Saturday with cool weather throughout the day. Cold temperatures didn’t help attendance at the Town’s first parade since 2009 Saturday morning. There were noticeably less spectators this year than in previous years.
A weekend waterline break at Shellbrook’s W.P. Sandin High School proved to be hard to find for the Town of Shellbrook Pubic Works Department. According to Town Foreman, Mike Tanchuk, the line break was difficult to find since there were none of the telltale signs evident. The break occurred on the water service where it enters the school. The cause was a galvanized two inch service nipple which had corroded of the line. The water eventually filled up the cistern and went underground, came up under the school and ran onto the school’s track. More than 110,000 gallons of water leaked out of the connection by the time it was repaired. *** The Shellbrook Youth Travel Club spent 10 fantastic days in Europe touring Germany, Italy and Switzerland during Easter Break. The 10 students and 2 adults began the tour with a 10 hour layover in Toronto. While there, the group completed a scavenger hunt at the Hockey Hall of Fame and checked out the sights of Toronto from the top of the CN Tower. *** SaskPower hosted two days of demonstrations at the former Shellbrook Firehall over the weekend to send home an important message on power safety. The demonstration featured live electrical wires in a controlled environment in order to show the public just what can happen when different objects come into contact with powerlines. SaskPower Public Safety Coordinator, Cameron McGillvray outlined the various scenarios that could take place that could shut the power off. *** The Shellbrook chapter of the Royal Purple joined groups across Canada as they hosted their annual Royal Purple Day tea at the Shellbrook Community Hall June 1. The tea, to celebrate senior citizens, drew a sizable crowd from Shellbrook and surrounding area as well as the Parkland Terrace nursing home. The afternoon featured music by local musicians as well as singing and dancing by the Shellbrook Elementary School Grade 2 class. *** Since opening its doors a little over two months
ago, the Shellbrook Area Ministerial Food Bank has provided more than 600 pounds of food for families in need in Shellbrook and the surrounding area. The organization held its grand opening in its newly renovated space in the south side of the Night Owl Embroidery building at the corner of Main Street and Railway Avenue. According to Pastor John Slemming, the idea to form a food bank came from the high demand for Christmas food hampers year after year. With large cash donations also coming in during the Christmas season, the Shellbrook Ministerial Association sought to use this money for a food bank start up. That funding model was laid to rest upon the receipt of a $7,500 grant from Affinity Credit Union through their Community Development Fund and another $4,000 grant from the United Church Mission and Service Fund. *** The Debden Class of 2011 celebrated their graduation at the Debden School on Friday, June 10, 2011. The graduation class theme was “History in the Making”. The ceremony began with the masters of ceremony, Jessey Beaulac and Rylan Couture introducing the ten graduates. The students were led into the gymnasium by our flag bearers Tori Generaux, Desiree Little and Bailey Wertypora. Graduates, Leslie Grimard and Adrien Proulx , welcomed over 300 friends and family to the ceremony. Mr. Dan Jean then introduced the graduates. Debden School principal, Mrs. Pauline Tetreault, delivered the principal’s message. This year’s valedictorian, Brandynn Leverton, gave a heartfelt speech to her fellow students. *** About 80 golfers turned out for the Shellbrook Elks Hockey Club’s 7th annual Golf Tournament Saturday at the Hidden Hills Golf Course in Shellbrook. The four person scramble event was once again blessed with sunny weather, strong community support and a solid turnout. On the 3rd Annual Spring Fling Fundraiser was held for the Debden Heritage Manor. This event started with a roast beef supper prepared and served by the Debden Ladies Club. The evening held a 50/50 draw, which was won by Kay
Schraeder, Door Prizes, Silent Auction items and a live Auction. *** Wild Rose 4-H Beef Club Achievement Day was held on June 4th at the P.A. Ex grounds. The 26 members enjoyed fine weather to display their years work. The club Aggregate winners were Jacob Feige, Raelle Amyotte, Tyler Curran and Shyla Rothwell with overall Aggregate going to Jacob Feige. Our 4 Champions and Grand Aggregate will enjoy their coats and pants from Crop Protection Services from Shellbrook. *** The seven venues of the Parkland Artisans’ Tour saw a steady stream of traffic as the tour celebrated its seventh year. The tour, which highlights the talents of artists and crafters from around the region once again saw the bulk of its visitors come from outside of the region. The guest books at each of the venues once again proved the provincial appeal of the tour as guests from across Saskatchewan logged their names. The miles logged to come and check out the tour has been attributed to word spreading across the province about the quality of the tour and its artists. *** Forty W.P. Sandin High School students reached a major milestone in their lives as the school hosted graduation ceremonies. The school’s gymnasium was packed with friends and family as the students took the stage to receive their high school diplomas. Co-valedictorians Vanessa Thompson and Emily Willoughby thanked the people who helped them get to where they are today in their valedictory address. The ceremony was themed “These are the moments.” *** Cool, wet weather made for great track conditions but smaller crowds at this year’s edition of the Canwood SnoBlazers Mudfest west of Shellbrook Saturday afternoon. Numbers were down from previous years events but approximately 500 still passed through the gate to take in an afternoon of muddy mayhem. Last year’s mudfest drew just shy of 900 fans into the stands. Heavy rain leading up to the event and misting through the day made for good mud track conditions
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for the 55 quads and 18 trucks entered in the event. *** Knox United Church celebrated Heritage Sunday, June 19, with nearly a full house in attendance. Kim Bradley and David Hjertaas piped in the flags from many countries. The flags represented the various ethnic backgrounds of members of the congregation. The piping of the flags was followed by the singing of O Canada. The congregation celebrated Heritage Sunday, Fathers Day, and Aboriginal Sunday. *** Once again the Shellbrook W.P. Sandin Grade 11 class paddled and portaged their through Saskatchewan’s north in the middle of June for Outdoor Education. The Outdoor Ed class embarked from the MacKay Lake Recreation site, north of La Ronge, June 9, with coordinators Brian and Joanne Tremblay and parent chaperone Preston Galbraith. Three days, numerous paddle strokes and 10 portages later the group found themselves at their destination Sulphide Lake on June 11. *** The 1st Pan American Martial Arts Games was held in Regina June 11th and 12th. Over 300 competitors from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario participated in the games with Saskatchewan having the most competitors. Representing Team Canada from Shellbrook, were Laura Lee Hatch, instructor and Nathan Anderson. Laura Lee Hatch - Gold in Korean Forms, gold in Weapon Sparring, silver in Continuous Sparring, silver in Musical Forms, Bronze in Weapon Forms, bronze in Point Sparring. Nathan Anderson - silver in Korean Forms and silver in Weapon Sparring. *** According to varying reports, between two and three inches of rain fell during an overnight storm Monday night flooding farmland, overloading waterways and saturating the ground across the region. With the storm came heavy winds and plenty of lightning activity ultimately resulting in a power outage overnight. Leading up to the storm and into the next day, Environment Canada had issued heavy rainfall warnings for Shellbrook and a number of communities around the province. A similar storm struck the Shellbrook area on the
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same week 20 years ago. In the June 25, 1990 edition of the Shellbrook Chronicle appears a story outlining a storm that had taken place that week. the storm brought with it an inch and a half of rain in half an hour and another inch before the rain had completely finished. The storm also caused long distance telephone and electricity interruptions while water completely overloaded the Town’s storm sewer system. *** The Hidden Hills of Shellbrook golf course came out of the winter with a new name and a new look this year . The course hosted the official grand opening of the newly redesigned course with an official ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday afternoon. Club President Murray Tait outlined some of the history of the course from its construction in 1958, on a piece of land donated by Milt and Aggie Sterling to the installation of the first sprinkler system and grass greens in 1991. In 2008, the present golf club executive began discussions about installing a new irrigation system. With the Town of Shellbrook’s acquisition of the land surrounding the course, those designs changed in scope to an expansion of the course. The Town agreed to provide land necessary for the construction of what would become the new #4, 5 and 6 holes as well as a loan to help complete the project. In September of 2009, the membership voted to expand the course and install a new sprinkler system. *** The Shellbrook and Area Food Bank received a donation of $4,000 from the ‘Wesley C. Smith Fund”. This fund is a part of the Mission and Service Fund of the United Church of Canada. Larry Chalifour, chairperson of Knox United Church, presented the cheque to Pastor John Slemming, chairperson of the Shellbrook Ministerial Food Bank Committee. *** The surging Saskatchewan River floods the road leading up to the Wingard Ferry crossing south of Shellbrook. Heavy rains, the spring melt and high mountain runoff have had many Saskatchewan waterways overflowing through the spring and early summer this year. The Wingard Ferry is one of many ferries closed due to flooding around the province this summer. Continued on page 12
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W.P. Sandin’s best and brightest took centre stage last week as the school hosted their annual awards day. This year’s top honours went to grade 12 student Vanessa Thompson who received four academic awards and another four scholarships. Thompson received Marie Nesdoly Memorial Award for Grade 12 Academic Achievement as well as Division IV awards for Mathematics and Science and was the Female Athlete of the Year. She was also the recipient of the Affinity Credit Union, Investors Group, PAATA and Vance Tait Memorial Scholarships. In Division III a pair of students tied with four awards a piece. Drew Crawford won the Kinette Marie Nesdoly Memorial Trophy as Junior Student of the Year while receiving Division III awards in English and Science while also receiving the Junior Athlete of the year award. Dylan Saam-Derr won the Grade 9 Proficiency Award, Division III awards in Mathematics and Home Economics and was the Division III Most Improved Student. Last year’s top student, Joseph Hinz, was the recipient of the Governor General Award for achieving the highest overall average of last year’s graduating class. In all 50 awards and certificates were bestowed upon students from grades 6 to 12. *** Twenty-one teams battled it out for bragging rights and prize money as the Dry Creek Penguins hosted the annual Penguin Summer Classic in the Canwood Regional Park on the weekend.
Seventeen men’s and four women’s teams from across Saskatchewan and Alberta turned out for the annual fastpitch tournament. The Saskatoon Tint Centre Cubs continued their dominance in the tournament repeating as champions with a win in the A final over the Saskatoon Strelau Selects. In the Women’s division it was the Prince Albert Junior Aces who claimed the top prize with a win over the Saskatoon Annisoft Renegades. *** The gym was filled to capacity with family and friends to celebrate the end of the graduates’ school careers at Canwood Community School. Grads, decked out in their finest received good wishes and support from the community. The very capable M.C.’s for the banquet, exercises and grand march were Odile Aiken and Richard Schwehr. The exercises were highlighted by an entertaining and personal address by guest speaker Bev Wyatt and a thoughtful valedictorian address by Kayla Tomporowski. *** A two day clinic at Hidden Hills Golf Course helped 67 young golfers hone their skills. Students from Shellbrook Elementary School and WP Sandin High School participated in the CN Future Links program. Teaching pro Danny Jutras, along with teacher Mrs. Joanne Tremblay, spent two days instructing students from grades 4-11. *** Three Wild Rose area students earned top honours as the Prince Albert Collegiate Institute handed out their annual awards.
Branden Henry received the Grade 11 Outstanding Student award along with Creative Writing, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics subject awards. Henry was also the recipient of a Senior Boys Volleyball Bear Award. Alex Henry received the Grade 9 Outstanding Student Award along with the English Subject award. She was also the recipient of a Junior Badminton Bear Award. Andrew Carswell received the Mathematics subject award and was the Junior Male Athlete of the Year. July Just a few short months after being chosen 10th overall by the Prince George Cougars in the WHL draft, former Shellbrook resident Jordan Harris was headed to Ontario to take part in a hockey camp hosted by 21 year NHL veteran Gary Roberts. Harris was one of 42 bantam aged players from across the country chosen to take part in the Allstate All Canadians Mentorship Camp in Missisauga Ontario August 2-6. *** The Shellbrook Playground Program reached new heights in popularity as it opened for the season this week. More than 30 participants turned out for the first few days of the program -- far surpassing any single day from the past season. The high numbers were completely unexpected and have caused program leaders Amber Hein and Emily Willoughby to set a limit of 24 for any given day. *** The facelift for the Shellbrook Rec Centre
continued as the facility’s roof was clad with tin last week. BA Exteriors, of Leask, made short work of the job so the building will be ready long before the puck drops on next hockey season. The project was pushed back for a number of months as regulatory issues prevented the Skating Rink Board from using volunteer labour to compete the job. *** After more than 10 years of fund raising construction on the Shellbrook and Districts Integrated Health Complex has begun. Contractors, Graham Construction took possession of the site in early June and have prepared the site for construction. Early work has begun on the $26.5 million project which will bring the 20 bed Shellbrook Hospital, 34 bed Parkland Terrace Nursing Home and a whole host of community services into one site at the end of Second Avenue West. *** The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region (PAPHR) scheduled another series of closures of the Shellbrook Hospital Emergency Department over the next few weeks. Due to the lack of physician coverage, the Emergency Department will be closed July 15, 18, 20 and 25, starting at 5 p.m. until the 8 a.m. the following day. *** July 1st, Canada Day, Debden held their annual Foosball Street Festival on the Main Street of Debden. The Debden Chamber of Commerce planned and organized this community event with the money raised going toward Village beautification. Eleven teams entered into the Foosball Tournament with many of the teams put in by businesses or by families.
Walk, Run, Stroll Participants come out the the starting gate at the Shellbrook Sports Grounds. The fund raiser for the Shellbrook and Districts Heath Services Project drew 150 participants and raised $4,000.
Dennis Leask leads the Marcelin Centennial Parade.
In the end, ’Noodles n Nuts,’ a team made up of Demers Shopping Centre staff defeated ‘Cats Meow,’ made up of the Beaulac family, to win the title. *** November 9, 1969 will be a date John Christensen will remember for the rest of his life. It was the day he nearly died in a plane crash in the PFRA community pasture near Leask. His near death experience and other twists and turns in life inspired his autobiography, “The 13th Rope” which he compiled over the past two years with the help of a ghost writer and his good friend Joanne Hildreth. The book was unveiled at a book signing event near the scene of the accident, at the Leask Seniors’ Hall July 11. *** A local 10 year old was given one more reason to be a fan of the Saskatchewan Roughriders last weekend. Courtney Farthing, of Leask, was the Scotiabank Kid Captain for the Roughriders as they faced off against the Montreal Alouettes at Mosaic Stadium, in Regina. The budding football fan entered the Kid Captain contest online this spring after participating in similar contests last year according to her mom Lynne. As part of being the Kid Captain, Courtney was on the field for the coin toss prior to the game and joined Gainer the Gopher as he slapped hands with all of the players as they came out of the tunnel and onto the field. *** A series of severe thunderstorms ripped their way across the province
Monday night leaving various forms of wreckage in its wake. The first wave of the storm hit the area at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning and didn’t subside until after 4 a.m. Power was knocked out as a result sometime after midnight and wasn’t restored in Shellbrook until around 6 a.m. Holbein was without power service into the early afternoon. Storm related damage at Emerald Lake ranged from wind damaged awnings to trees falling on boats. The strong winds also pushed some boats away from shore. In Shellbrook, the sign corridor west of town on Highway 3 saw considerable damage with whole signs being blown off of their posts and into the neighbouring field. In town a number of trees were blown down while a pair of newly constructed ticket booths at the Shellbrook Sports Grounds were blown onto their sides, causing the roofs to be dislodged. *** A large portion of the money raised at a weekend charity event was stolen in a break-in earlier this week. Sometime between Sunday evening and Tuesday morning, the Village of Parkside office was broken into and a large sum of money was stolen. Event income and an operating float totalling $4,600 from Sunday’s Lilies in Bloom event at the Honeywood Heritage Nursery was stolen from the safe in the village office. Continued on page 13
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Starting on August 2, acute care and the emergency department will be only available on weekends at the Shellbrook Hospital. “With only two physicians available it is not possible to maintain a 24-hour, seven-daya-week acute care centre,” said Dr. Edmund Royeppen, Senior Medical Officer for the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region. “This is a temporary change in services and the Region will continue to work with the local physician recruitment committee and the Saskatchewan Physician Recruitment Agency to fill the vacant positions in Shellbrook.” The PAPHR and the Shellbrook and Districts Doctor Recruitment Committee have been working on recruiting physicians to the area since April when three resident physicians announced that they would be leaving the community by July 31. Though those efforts have resulted in some resumes, no immediate help is on its way according to Dr. Royeppen. *** It’s an exclusive club, but one to which former Canwood resident Tammy Sharp can now claim membership. Sharp (nee Hoback) sailed into Road Bay, Anguilla aboard the Picton Castle, a 179-foot, squarerigged training ship in June. The visit was actually a return trip to the Carribean Island as Anguilla was the Picton Castle’s first port of call following the ship’s departure from Lumenburg, Nova Scotia on a 30,000 mile voyage around the world last year. With that stop, Sharp and her 30 shipmates who joined her for the 13-month voyage can proudly say they have circumnavigated the world on a squarerigged sailing ship. The third time was a charm for Zenon Park’s Ryan Atkins at Saturday’s Parkside Demolition Derby. Atkins won the first heat and went on to outlast the competition to win in the final during his third crack at the event. The service advisor at Thomas Motors in Melfort, took the microphone following the win and thanked the crowd for coming out and allowing the drivers to put on a show for them.
In Slo-Pitch action, last year’s B side winners Tippy Canoe continued their run as champions with a win over Chris’ Heros in the A final. In the B side, Park Valley defeated the Swarm to earn the B title. *** Blazing hot temperatures marked the Shell Lake Homesteader Hey Days parade July 16. The community’s downtown area was lined with residents and visitors to take in the annual event which draws participants and spectators from across the region. Dozens of local businesses, residents and organizations put forth their best efforts in constructing their floats to make this year’s parade a success. *** The 7000 Generations Walk made its way through Shellbrook during its 820 km trek to the Legislature in Regina. The walk, organized by the Committee for Future Generations, left Pinehouse Lake in late July to bring attention to the idea that the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) of Canada is eyeing Northern Saskatchewan for a nuclear waste repository. The NWMO has been commissioned by the nuclear industry to find a home for more than 2 million spent nuclear fuel rods from reactors in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. *** The conditions were nearly perfect as the Shellbrook Senior’s Golf Club hosted their annual tournament August 2 at the Hidden Hills of Shellbrook Golf Course. Fifty five golfers from across the region turned out to compete in the four person scramble event. In the end, it was the team of Marc Bonneau, Viggo Rude, Pat Gunn and Bill Miller who earned the first pick at the prizes with the day’s low score of 69, through 18 holes. *** Two years of planning culminated in the celebration of 100 years of community building as Marcelin celebrated its centennial July 29-August 1. A committee of community members came together two years ago to make sure that the Village’s 100th year would not be forgotten....
and it won’t be. More than 600 registered for the weekend but organizers believe that there were at least 150 who attended parts of the weekend without registering. Plans for the event began in 2009 with remnants of the group that had organized the 2005 provincial Centennial celebrations. August A BC based company is planning to reestablishing a sawmill presence in Big River as early as next year. Carrier Forest Products and the provincial government announced a deal last week that would see a lumber and planing mill operate in the area by fall of 2012. The anticipated opening of the existing or a new facility is slated to coincide with the reopening of the Prince Albert Pulp Mill in fall of 2012. Part of this plan is the allocation of 200,000 cubic metres of softwood sawlogs in the Prince Albert Forest Management Agreement (FMA) earmarked for future projects in Big River turned over to Carrier. This new allocation will give Carrier roughly 375,000 cubic metres of sawlog allocation. *** Representatives of the Prince Albert Parkland Regional Health Authority
met with administrators and council members from the Town of Shellbrook, Rural Municipality of Shellbrook and other municipalities on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 to discuss physician recruitment and health care services. The Shellbrook and area physician recruitment committee, the Region and the Saskatchewan Physician Recruitment Agency are all working together hard to recruit physicians to Shellbrook and are confident that they will be successful in attracting physicians from the existing short list of potential candidates *** Teigan Leather of Shellbrook, took 3rd place earning $50.00 for her vocal performance in the Prince Albert Youth Talent Search. *** Golf course staff cleaned up in the Championship flights at the Merchants Open at the Hidden Hills of Shellbrook Golf Course this weekend. Greenskeeper Rob Olsen and proshop/lounge staff member Terry Otterson won the mens and ladies championship flights. *** All that was missing from the Blaine Lake Luau were the leis. Blair Industrial gave back to the community on Saturday with their 4th annual pig roast which would surpass anything you ordered in a fine restaurant. A 400 lb pig was set to roast on Friday
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about 2:20 pm and was done to a succulent stage by 4:00 Saturday afternoon cooked in a large hydraulic pig roaster built by Blair himself. The roaster is capable of roasting a 450 lb pig and 560 potatoes all at once. *** A change to the way doctors are recruited to rural Saskatchewan is needed according to provincial NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter. Lingenfelter feels that the current process isn’t working and that a single provincial agency would be more effective than a group of health regions competing against one another in search of doctors. Currently physicians are recruited through the Saskatchewan Doctor Recruitment Agency, individual health regions and local or municipal doctor recruitment committees. He also noted that too much emphasis is being placed on foreign trained doctors while not enough effort is being put into retaining those trained at the University of Saskatchewan. *** The story of Fred and Olga Slovonuk introduction of Polish Rapeseed to Canada has been highlighted in a new children’s book released by the Alberta Canola Producers Commission. Simone Demers Collins Market of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission stopped in town to present a special
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gift to those who helped out with a children’s book on the history of canola. The aim of the book was to get students involved in a totally different way with the story of canola. In search of material for the book, they scoured the Shellbrook Museum for information on the Slovonuks and canola. *** The August 1st storm was frightening and devastating for the owners and campers at Poplar Point resort on Cowan Lake. It was equally as devastating for Richard, John and Ramona Farago at Clarke Lake Lodge on Clarke Lake about 70 kilometers north of Big River. The same night a tornado ripped through their property and the damage was extensive. The weekend of the storm was the long weekend and the cabins and campsites at Clarke Lake were full. Seventy foot trees were literally twisted off or ripped out by the roots falling on buildings, vehicles and campers. Richard braved the storm to quickly move people to the safety of the shop and lodge which was a lucky thing for a family that was tenting. Their tents were completely crushed by trees. Campers, cars and boats were severely damaged by falling trees and it’s beyond a miracle that no one was hurt. Continued on page 14
Dr. Jack and Vi Spencer with retirement gifts given from the Town of Shellbrook. In honour of his 53 years of practice in the community, the Town will name the street leading to the new Shellbrook and Districts Integrated Heath Complex Dr. J. L. Spencer Drive.
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Year in Review
Continued from page 13 AUGUST Continued Construction of the Centre of Excellence for Business Development on the Big River First Nation has begun. The Big River First Nation Centre of Excellence for Business Development will be a facility providing adult education and business incubator opportunities on the Big River First Nation Reserve. The Centre will also offer skill development, job training and counseling for job opportunities, as well as post secondary opportunities. *** A pair of gold medals was all in a week’s work for six local ball players. On the heals of the Prince Albert Bantam Astros gold medal win at the Western Canadian Championships in Saskatoon August long weekend six members of the team earned a gold medal as part of Team Saskatchewan at the Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops. Wyatt Hinson, of Debden, Rylan Couture of Debden, Josh Elliot of PA, Nick Patrick of St.Louis, Justin Boyer of St.Louis and Matt Pilon of Duck Lake, where were a part of the team that brought Saskatchewan its first Fastpitch title at the games. *** The Shellbrook Curling Club will have a whole new look when it opens for the season in November. Contractors and volunteers have been working since May to gut the old facility to make it more user friendly for patrons of the skating and curling rink. The club’s lounge has been moved upstairs with direct access to the skating rink’s canteen while the change rooms and viewing area has been moved downstairs in the space formerly occupied by the lounge. According to club president Nathan Dzialo, the move was made to make the lounge more accessible to the skating rink while also making the canteen more accessible to lounge patrons. *** At the recent National Conference for the Jockey Person to Person Ladies Direct Sales Clothing Company, which was held in Chicago July 21-24, local resident Lois Hughes was recognized as the No. 1 sales person in North America.
This terrific achievement comes after being with the company only since July 2010. It really is no surprise to family and friends following her stellar career with former company Optionelle. We all wish Lois continued success and offer our heartiest congratulations. *** Exhibitors were a prolific bunch as the Walter Willoughby Horticultural Society hosted its’ 50th Annual Show at the Parkside Heritage Centre August 18. The society went back to the site of the original show held in 1959 to celebrate its 50th and were rewarded with great participation. This year 31 exhibitors submitted 475 entries with five newcomers entering exhibits. After all of the exhibits were judged and all the points tabulated two sisters found themselves at the top. Amy Beam was the Grand Aggregate winner with 129 points while Melodie Beam topped all exhibitors with 147 points to win the Junior Aggregate title. Meanwhile, show regular Shayla Chaykowski won the Beginner Aggregate with 105 points. The 50th show didn’t sync with the society’s 50 year as the event was supplanted twice in favour of provincial shows held in Shellbrook and Spiritwood. *** Brendon Canaday and Mitch Wourms will represent the Hidden Hills of Shellbrook at the Canadian Finals of the International Pairs Golf Tournament on Vancouver Island in October. The duo scored 45 points in the 18 hole tournament which uses the Stableford scoring system. A total of 17 teams turned out to take part in the tournament August 12-13 to designate the club’s representative at the Western Canadian finals event at the Crown Isle Resort, in Comox British Columbia October 2 and 3. The winning team from each of the three Canadian Finals events will advance to the International Pairs World Final in St. Andrews Scotland. *** The “Portraits of Honour” national tour made its way to Spiritwood, Sun-
day, August 21, giving the residents of Spiritwood and area an opportunity to pay tribute to the 157 men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces who were killed in the conflict in Afghanistan. And it was an opportunity to pay special tribute to one of Spiritwood’s own, Cpl. Dustin Wasden, who was killed while on duty in Afghanistan three years and a day ago. The display is a large mural featuring the portraits of those who were killed in action while serving in Afghanistan. The mural is ten feet high and thirty-five feet wide, and could be rolled out to its full fifty feet. *** The weather was hot and the crowds were large as Shellbrook hosted its first annual Street Fair August 27. Three blocks of Main Street were blocked off and filled with various vendors, games and attractions for young and old. Expenses from the event came in at around $20,000 excluding alcohol expenses from the beer gardens. With up to $10,146 covered by a Community Initiatives Grant, $6,000 coming from the BID Committee and another $1,500 each coming from donations from the Shellbrook Coop and Shellbrook Sales and Service. *** Two local golfers came home winners from last week’s Waskesiu Ladies Lobstick. Dianna Sutton, of Shell Lake and Heather Mumm of Shellbrook both won their respective flights in the week-long, matchplay tournament. Sutton defeated Gerri Street of Saskatoon to win the first Consolation flight while Mumm defeated Sandra Isbister of Prince Albert to with the Sixth Flight. Shellbrook’s Terry Otterson advanced to the Fifth Flight Consolation final where she was defeated by Eileen McGill, of Osler. Saskatoon’s Ashley Olynick won the Championship Flight with a win over Lori Salahub, of Flin Flon. SEPTEMBER What was initially supposed to be a short stay turned into a 53 year career that finally came to an end August 31. A retirement party was held at the Shellbrook Community Hall for Dr.
Jack and Vi Spencer September 4. The speeches were plenty as were the laughs and the tears as friends, family and colleagues toasted and roasted the couple who have been a big part of the Shellbrook medical community since 1958. *** The Debden Garden Club sponsored it’s 4th Annual Community Corn Boil Party. About 150 people attended the summer event at Philippe Jeans’ farm. It was a perfect day. The corn was so good! People from the four Western Provinces enjoyed music played by the Happy Wanderers. Many played a variety of games. The Carrot competition was won Kay Schraeder for the longest carrot, John Dionne won for the largest carrot and Marion Lepage won for the funniest carrot. Philippe Jean supplied the corn. *** A growing province fueled by resource revenues is what Saskatchewan residents should expect for the next forty years according to economist and Shellbrook Chronicle columnist Paul Martin. Martin was the keynote speaker at a Sask Party fund raising dinner organized by Shellbrook-Rosthern candidate Scott Moe September 1 at the Leask Lions Hall. Martin told the sell-out crowd that the Saskatchewan’s current economic state is not just a phase for province that was once a have-not jurisdiction. “After five years of this growth,” he said, “it’s no longer a boom. It’s normal.” *** Attendance number sare up at the Shellbrook Schools this year. According to new Shellbrook Elementary Principal Dwayne Tournier enrollment at his school is up to 196 from last year’s total of 173. Part of this spike in numbers comes from an unusually large kindergarten class. Last year 17 students were in the Shellbrook Elementary Kindergarten while this year there are 38 spots filled for two full classes. At W.P Sandin High School, there is a similar school population to that of last year with about 230 enrolled according to Principal Dawne Braaten. Continued on page 15
Regular Church Services, Sunday School and Special Church Events will be listed with the Directory FREE OF CHARGE
LUTHERAN CHURCH Zion - Canwood Sunday School, Worship Sunday, 11 a.m. St. John’s - Shellbrook Sunday School, Worship Sunday, 9 a.m. Pastor Doug Schmirler Parkside, Immanuel 11 a.m. - Worship & Sunday School Pastor Chris Dean -----------------------PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Parkside 10:00 a.m. Time of prayer 10:30 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday School Pastor David Baldock Shellbrook Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sun., 11:00 a.m. - Worship Pastor David Bodvarson 747-7235 Canwood 11 a.m. - Worship Pastor Glenn Blazosek Leask Gospel Tabernacle Sunday 6:30 p.m. Pastor L. Trafford 306-466-2296 -----------------------EVANGELICAL FREE Big River 11:00 a.m. - Worship Bible Classes 9:45 A.M. Summer: 10:30 a.m. - 12 469-2258 Youth Nite: Fridays Mont Nebo Wed., 7:30 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer. Sun., 10:30 a.m. - Worship Pastor Bill Klumpenhower -----------------------CATHOLIC CHURCH Debden Sun., 9:30 a.m. - Mass. Fr. Sebastian Kunnath Big River - Sacred Heart Sun., 11:30 a.m. - Mass Whitefish Sun., 2:30 p.m. - Mass. Victoire Sat., 7:30 p.m. - Mass. Fr. Bernabe Millan Sajonas Eucharist Celebrations Muskeg Sat., 7:30 p.m. - Mass Mistawasis Sunday, 3 p.m. St. Agatha’s Shellbrook Sunday, 9 a.m. Fr. Tru Le
St. Henry’s - Leask Sunday 11 a.m. St. Joseph’s - Marcelin Saturday, 7 p.m. Fr. Tru Le -----------------------PRESBYTERIAN Mistawasis 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 3 p.m. Rev. Bev Shepansky -----------------------SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 407-2nd Ave E, Shellbrook Sat., 9:45 a.m. - Sabbath School. Sat., 11:00 am Worship Broadcast on VOAR 92.1 FM Pastor Stanislav Kondrat 306-764-6853 -----------------------SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH Currently meeting in homes on Sunday morn. and Wednesday evenings. Parkside 747-2309, Leask 466-4498 Marcelin 226-4615 -----------------------ANGLICAN CHURCH Leask - All Saint’s 8 a.m. - Morning prayer Service. 9 a.m. Holy Communion Canwood - Christ Church 2 p.m. 1st & 3rd Sundays Evening Prayer 2nd & 4th Sundays Holy Communion Mont Nebo - St. Luke’s 2 p.m. - 1st and 3rd Sundays Holy Communion 2nd and 4th Sundays Evening Prayer St. Andrew’s Shellbrook Sunday, 11 a.m. Holy Communion Father Harnish 468-2264 -----------------------UNITED CHURCH Big River 1st & 2nd Sundays 1 p.m. - Worship at Anglican Church All Other Sundays -10 a.m. Shellbrook - Knox Sun., 10 am - Worship Pastor Dave Whalley
-----------------------ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH Big River Sun., 10:30 a.m. - Worship
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As of January 1, 2012, the Town of Shellbrook will be moving to a contracted front street garbage pickup system. Town Council voted to accept the tender from Greenland Waste of the front street pick up at a cost of $8 per bin, per month. For that price, the company provides wheeled garbage cans which will be dumped once per week. *** On the weekend of September 3 and 4 the Canwood Regional Park Golf Course was the site of the Lorne Lovberg Memorial Golf Tournament. The tournament registered 40 golfers with a modified Rider Cup format. Jay Ahenakew on his first round was very exciting for him and the rest of the golfers. The golfers weren’t ready to quit for the day so a “horse race” game was enjoyed by everyone, even the spectators that followed. The happy winners of that game were Jay Ahenakew and Nick Person. *** In contrast to last season, the 2011 Shellbrook Aardvarks football season opened on a hot note with temperatures drifting into the 30s. What remained the
same was that they opened the season with a win. The Aardvarks hosted the McLurg High School Broncs, from Wilkie, and despite the scorching heat went on to a 42 - 18 victory. *** The Big River Lumber Mill could be fired up and operating as early as next fall following its’ purchase by B.C. based timber company Carrier Lumber. Former owner, Eacom Timber Corporation, based out of Quebec, announced the $7.5 million sale in a press release September 20. In August, Carrier announced an interest in re-establishing a milling presence in the Big River area after receiving a 200,000 cubic metre allocation of softwood saw logs from the Prince Albert Forest Management Agreement. The mill is expected to produce solid wood including studs and dimentional lumber. *** The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region is looking for physicians to provide clinic hours in yet another community. A pair of Saskatoon physicians who were conducting clinics in Blaine Lake gave notice in August that they would be discontinuing services in the community. Their service came to an end at the end of August.
For the past number of years, the two doctors each conducted half day clinics once a week. *** Highways and Infrastructure Minister Jim Reiter and Municipal Affairs Minister and Prince Albert MLA Darryl Hickie joined Prince Albert Mayor Jim Scarrow today to announce a longterm agreement that will see the city receive provincial funding to improve urban highway connectors including the Diefenbaker Bridge. The agreement falls under the provincial government’s Urban Highway Connector Program (UHCP), which provides funding to urban municipalities for local roads that connect to at least two provincial highways. Under the UHCP, the province will fund 100 per cent of the cost to repair the Diefenbaker Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River in Prince Albert, which connects to Highways 2 and 3 on the provincial transportation network. Previously, the provincial and municipal governments had a 50-50 cost-share agreement on the bridge. *** A new chair has emerged from the recently elected board of directors for the North Central Enterprise Region. Vivian Nemish, of the Blaine Lake and District
December 30, 2011 Shellbrook Chronicle Chamber of Commerce was selected as the new board chair. Nemish served on the Multi-stakeholder working group (MSWG) then moved on to participate in the transition team/interim What will your Gifts Be? board before being elected Rev. Dave Whalley, DLM(R) to serve as a Director on Knox United Church the NCER board.
*** The Shellbrook Grandmothers for Grandmothers (G4G) Grandparents’ Day Dare to Dine celebrated grandparents’ day and exceeded its goals. All proceeds for the event go to the Grandmothers Campaign at the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) for grandmothers turning the tide of HIV/AIDS in their communities in sub-Saharan Africa. G4G member Nancy Carswell explains, “We set a goal of $200 but we raised over $550 because of many generous groups and individuals.
*** After 26 years in business, the Shellbrook Esso Station is set to look vastly different. The original underground tanks from the station were removed from the front of the building earlier this month and have been replaced by above ground tanks at the side of the building. Once work is completed, the station will feature new fuel pumps and a well lit overhead canopy. Continued on page 17
News anchors Rob McDonald and Chantel Huber broadcast live from the Shores of Cowan Lake as the CTV Hometown Tour made its way through Big River and Debden.
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“They entered the house where the child and his mother, Mary, were, and they fell down before him and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” Matthew 2: 11 In Matthew’s account of the wise men he has them coming from distant lands, probably some time later after the birth of Jesus. These wise men were filled with great joy as they entered the house where Jesus and Mary were then staying. These wise men fell on their knees and worshiped Jesus, bringing him gifts of “gold, frankincense and myrrh.” In the coming New Year, all of us can think of what gifts we can bring to our Saviour and also share with others. The gifts will be so varied but that is what is unique about each of God’s creations. I have thought about what gifts I will bring to the giver of my life here on earth and share with others. I pray that the first gift that I bring will be the gift of love - love of God, others, and family, in my cumbersome way, but the best way that I can. Love is one of the greatest gifts that God has given to me. This love is given to me, regardless of what I do or what I say. I know that God loves me without any questions – without restriction – without any monetary charge to me. I pray that I can share that love with others, as best that I can, while I am of this world. The second gift I can bring to God and others is the gift of joy. All of the joy I have in this world comes from Jesus. That joy comes when I least expect it. That joy comes when I am suffering and in sorrow. I pray that I can, in my humble way, give some of that joy to others and my family. The joy that God gives to me is through faith and trust in the Creator. I will always have the gift of joy in my heart as long as I remember that the Saviour is in charge of my life. The third gift that I can give to God and others is the gift of an inner peace in my heart. This inner peace I have in my heart is given to me by the Creator. When I am praying or doing the work of God, whatever work that might be; it might be building something or repairing something, but no matter what - I feel that inner peace with God. I pray that in my clumsy way I will be able to give others and my family, a sense of that inner peace that was so freely given to me. These are three gifts that I will try, in my own way to give to Jesus, who was born for you and for me, and in turn share them with others. This coming year I ask you to think of three gifts that you will give to Jesus and share with others. The gifts were freely given to each of us. The gifts that I have stated cost me nothing in the Co-op, Walmart, or Canadian Tire, but those gifts are gifts that are priceless if we want to live in a faith-filled, right relationship with our Creator. All the gifts that we receive from God are free of charge. All of us receive different gifts, so let’s share those gifts with each other now and always. Thank you God, for each of our own personal gifts, given to us so freely. Let us choose to give back freely and share those gifts with others. May God bless us as we begin a new year in the Creator’s service.
Have a Happy & P”rosperous New Year!!!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! WISHING YOU HEALTH AND PROSPERITY IN 2012
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Ukrainian Famine and Genocide Memorial Day Canada recently marked “Ukrainian Famine and Genocide Memorial Day.” It’s been 78 years since Joseph Stalin perpetrated the “Holodomor”— the deliberate starvation of millions of Ukrainians— while the world turned a blind eye. Ukrainian-Canadian groups lobbied hard to have the Holodomor recognized as a genocide. The Harper government did so in May, 2008. Saskatchewan was the first province to do the same, also in 2008, and similar legislation was subsequently passed by Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. The historic facts are chilling. By 1929, Stalin—fearing Ukrainians’ growing sense of independence—had had 5,000 leading Ukrainian literary and cultural figures either executed or sent to prison camps. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church was liquidated. In 1932, food procurement quotas for Ukrainian peasants were set so unnaturally high, literally all their food was taken away by the state. A person could be executed for stealing even a grain of wheat from state-owned collective farms, and the borders of Ukraine were sealed off by police. What’s puzzling is why the road to recognizing the Holodomor as a genocide has been so tortuous—and why Ukrainians continue
to face so much opposition. Earlier this year, some 200 international academics, from Harvard to Hamburg, took out full-page ads in a number of newspapers, criticizing the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA) and Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) for the concerns these organizations have raised about the appropriate representation of the Holodomor in the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, currently being built in Winnipeg. Apparently, the UCCLA and UCC have also “distorted historical accounts of the Holodomor” by “inflating” the number of victims to seven or even ten million. “The implication is obvious,” write the academics, who claim between 2.6 and 3.9 million died. “Seven or ten million is more than six million—the Holodomor deserves more attention than the Holocaust.” That’s quite an inference. The eminent British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, who wrote a definitive, criticallyacclaimed biography of Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar, in 2003, puts the Holodomor numbers this way: “The death toll of this absurd famine was between four to five and as high as ten million dead, a tragedy unequalled in hu-
man history except by the Nazi and Maoist terrors.” In other words, it’s hard to say for certain. But suggesting more than six million died doesn’t make you a Holocaust denier. Of course, the endless sparring over whose holocaust is bigger or smaller is precisely why the Canadian Museum of Human Rights (CMHR) itself is a tricky proposition. In a recent speech at the University of Manitoba, CMHR president and CEO, Stuart Murray, said he doesn’t want the museum to be a “centre for the commemoration of genocides—a museum not of human rights, but human wrongs.” Instead, the museum— which will apparently house a floor commemorating the Holocaust and other genocides and crimes against humanity—should inspire visitors to “better recognize the actions that lead to rights violations” and “harness the power of their stories.” Murray asks how Germany, for example, a “modern, advanced, democratic society,” could have so quickly and violently collapsed into genocide. But of course Russia wasn’t exactly un-advanced. After all, it produced Pushkin, Tolstoy and Shostakovich, and its cities are replete with centuries-old architecture. Defining the perfect human rights crime, or
criminal, can therefore be as difficult as defining the perfect human rights victim. Would those same academics—who also criticize the UCC and UCCLA for glossing over the extent to which some Ukrainian nationalists cooperated with the Germans during World War II—take out ads criticizing the Arab Spring protesters because some of them burn Israeli flags and destroy Christian churches? Perhaps the best way to “harness the power” of past human rights wrongs is to make sure we don’t look the other way—and aren’t too selective about whom we criticize. New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty famously denied any Ukrainian famine was taking place, which suited the world just fine. In the film Harvest of Despair, about the Holodomor, there is footage of a little girl found wandering the outskirts of Kiev. Asked what she was doing, she said she simply wanted to die and be with her mother. And those academics dare tell Ukrainian Canadians they should “stay out of the debate” on the Canadian Museum of Human Rights? Isn’t that precisely the sort of attitude that’s long been part of the problem? bronwyn.eyre@sasktel.net
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The Government of Saskatchewan announced the approval of $3 million for the North Central Rail Line Ltd. (NCR) under the guidelines of the Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF) last week in Meadow Lake.
The funding will be used by the NCR to assist with the improvements and maintenance of the rail line pending the purchase of the Meadow Lake to Speers rail line from the Carlton Trail Railway Company (CTR). The Meadow Lake to Speers rail line will make trans-
porting products to the main CPR rail line more cost-effective. *** It has been a busy couple of years of improvements at the Shellbrook Senior’s Centre. Over the course of the last two years the club has spent upwards of $14,000 on improvements.
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It started with the renovation of the facility’s kitchen two years ago. Then the club’s monthly kaiser games prompted the installation of Roxul sound dampening insulation to improve the building’s acoustics. To go along with the new acoustics the club also installed a new sound system in the hall. In addition, the club just updated their heating
Contestants in the Shellbrook Street Fair Pie Eating Contest Sam MIller, Teigan Leather, Chloe Banda, Erica Archer and Madison Bourgeault work at trying to finish their pies. Despite an early lead by Miller, Banda ultimately won the pie eating title.
Students get ready to embark on the Terry Fox Run in Canwood. Pictured here are Kayleigh Eberts, Cassidy Anderson, Selena Andersen and Casey Kvinlaug, back, Tylen Reimer, Demery Bischler and Caylah Nelson.
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system with the installation of a pair of High Efficiency furnaces. *** On September 7, Chief Norma Johnstone, council, dignitaries and band members celebrated the grand opening of the Mistawasis Health Centre. Acting Health Director and community nurse Lyndon Tieszen, noted during the opening speech that the new facility should be a constant reminder that residents should do the best that they can with in maintaining their health. World War II veteran Virginia Pechawis cut the ribbon to officially open the Health Centre during the ceremony. *** A youth with ties to the Leask area embarked on a journey described as a cross between Survivor and the Amazing Race this summer. Sydney Reynolds, the granddaughter of Robert (Bob) and the late Frieda Peake of Leask, and daughter of Janice PeakeReynolds and Darryl Reynolds of Nokomis was selected as one of 18 contestants on season 3 “In Real Life” on YTV. *** The Shellbrook Fields department store is closed and will likely be closed for good according to Hudson’s Bay Company representative. The fully stocked store was locked up last week with a sign placed in the window informing the community that the store was closed effective immediately. According to HBC External Communications Manager Tiffany Bourre there were multiple factors that played a part in the store’s closure but did not specify what any of those factors were. *** A Shellbrook resident was recently recognized for her service to the community at an industry conference in Las Vegas. Yvonne Groenen, owner of Groenen Accounting, received one of two Community Service Awards at the Sage/Simply Accounting conference in Las Vegas. Groenen was nominated by fellow Simply Accounting partner Carol Ann Brouwer, of Ontario. She passed the information onto Groenen’s staff who gathered a letter from Shellbrook Mayor George Tomporowski, a letter from the Business Improvement District (BID) Committee and compiled a letter of their own for the application. ***
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More than $4,037.63 was raised for Cancer Research through the annual Canwood Community School Terry Fox Run. OCTOBER The Town of Shellbrook’s cost of borrowing funds for the largest infrastructure project in its’ history came down considerably this week. Prince Albert MP Randy Hoback was in town Tuesday to announce the approval of $3 million in low rate financing for the construction of the Town’s sewage lagoon. The funding, which comes at a rate of 3.65 per cent over 15 years, was issued through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) through its Municipal Infrastructure Lending Program. *** Forty-three teams of family and friends once again gathered at the Big River Community Centre on September 9th to prepare for tee-off of the Ed Krienke Golf Classic. Joe Runge and Brian Brownfield will have their names engraved on the trophy as the 2011 CHAMPIONS. Once again, our community of Big River is one of the real winners, as the proceeds of over $5000 are donated to the Community Centre Building Fund to assist with the loan payment. This puts the Ed Krienke Memorial Fund at the $65,000 dollar mark. *** The Canwood Cougar Golf team made the journey to Bengough to compete in the SHSAA Provincial Sand Green golf championships September 23rd and 24th. Six golfers from Canwood competed in the 36 hole stroke play individual tournament as well as competing in the team event. Paige Benson, Lane Christiansen, Brennan Tomporowski, Steven Adrian and Nik Person comprised the school team while Quenelle Bear qualified at district playoffs for the provincial individual competition. Tomporowski over came a two stroke deficit with two holes to play with a birdie on the 18th hole to pull him into a 2nd place tie in the individual competition. The team made it one step higher on the podium. After trailing the Frontier and Bengough teams by 3 and 1 strokes respectively, the cougars golfed their way to a 17 stroke lead and the Provincial Gold medal. Continued on page 18
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Year in Review
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was a beautiful fall day for our annual Walkathon at Wild Rose School on September 30, 2011. The day began with a free pancake breakfast for our students, staff and community members with over 250 breakfasts being served and enjoyed! The School Community Council handled the breakfast along with the generous support of Farm World who donated the sausages for the event. The walkers headed out for their 6.4 mile walk at 11:00 am and came back to popcorn and a movie later that afternoon. Our walkathon total was close to $9000.00 and we still have money coming in! *** The 2011 theme of the Terry Fox Run is “Working Together to Outrun Cancer”. The students at Debden School certainly make it true. Since 1996, Debden School has been collecting money for the Terry Fox Run. So far, our school has raised $37,563.44! Because we have raised so much, we have been honored with a thank-you letter personally signed by Terry Fox’s parents, Betty and Rolly Fox. We also received three banners, each marking a 5-year milestone in our participation in this national project, that were displayed
throughout September in the student commons area. Not only have we raised a lot of money for cancer research but we have also been breaking our own records for the past six years in a row. Last year’s record stands at a whopping $4 091.27! That’s a little over $22 per student. *** The staff and School Community Council of Shellbrook Elementary set the bar high and once again the students surpassed the goals set for them in collecting pledges for the school’s annual walkathon October 7. If the students raised $13,000 their Principal, Dwayne Tournier would have to spend the entire day in a dress. If they brought in more than $15,000, Educational Assistant Brenda Cromartie would have her head shaved in front of the entire school. Through their pledge gathering efforts, both goals were achieved as the students brought in a grand total of $15,616.49. For the second consecutive year Sam Miller came in with the highest cash total -- bringing in just over $900. *** Construction on the Shellbrook and Districts Integrated Health Complex is moving right along while physician recruitment and
project fund raising efforts continue. According to Health Complex steering committee chair Richard Porter, the project is currently back on schedule despite some delays caused by wet weather in July. So far, much of the concrete floors have been poured along with elevator shafts and stairwells for the facility. Steel girders have also been put into place which will eventually make up part of the skeleton of the building. The facility itself will contain 20 acute care beds and another 34 long term care beds. The facility will also house a number of community based health services such as public health, social work and homecare. Meanwhile, efforts continue in the fund raising for the local share of the project. At present, the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project has approximately $2.7 million of the $5.3 million local share available. In all the project is expected to cost around $26 million. *** A box full of newspaper clippings became the source of a two year project for one local woman. Dorothy Lynn (Lamontagne) took a box of newspaper clippings, chronicling the NHL
career of her later father Vic Lynn, and turned it into a 900 plus page coffee book titled “He played for ‘em all.” Lynn, a Saskatoon native, played for all six NHL franchises during the Original Six era through a career which spanned from 1942 to 1954 and included three Stanley Cups. *** The local Investors Group Team of Paul Bourgeault, Paul Beaulieu and Kelly Bourgeault kicked off their Community Support Program with a $1,500 donation to the Shellbrook and Area Ministerial Food Bank October 12. As a part of the evening’s program, which featured a presentation from John Campbell on the outlook for investments, Bourgeault and Beaulieu announced a new initiative to support community groups in the areas they serve. *** Affinity Credit Union waited until Credit Union Day to award one special gift -- $25,000 to the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project. According to Affinity Shellbrook District Business Development Manager Lisa Anderson, the credit union received dozens of funding applications for this year’s uptake of Community Development funding but the scope of the Health Services Project made the district council’s decision an easy one.
“It really affects the whole district so that is why they decided to give half of our $50,000 to Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project,” said Anderson. With a $25,000 donation to the project also gives individuals or businesses naming rights to a room in the integrated health complex currently under construction on Shellbrook’s west end. *** Three RMs in the region required elections to fill available seats. The RM of Canwoodwas one of the most hotly contested in the province with 11 candidates vying for four available seats. Former Division 1 councilor Colin Hughes is now the new Reeve of the RM earning 364 votes. He defeated challengers Sharon Banks (144) and former Division 2 Councilor Morley Rudolph (123). The term for this seat is for one year. In Division 2 Robert (Roy) Crawford defeated Dave O’Bertos by a margin of 102 to 69. Arnold Berscheid won the seat in Division 4 over Louise Grimard by a margin of 92 to 23. The lone incumbent in the RM of Canwood election, Ivan Beaulac retained his seat by a narrow margin. Beaulac received 27 votes, just 4 more than his nearest challenger, Eva Larsen, who received 23. Patrick Wutzke received
Sask Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson, Premier Brad Wall, Big River Mayor Brian Brownfield, Carrier Lumber Ltd. President Bill Kordyban and Industry and Resource Minster Bill Boyd following the announcement of Carrier’s plans to restore a sawmill presence in the Big River area. The company would later announce that it had purchased the Big River Sawmill from the Eacom Timber Corporation.
11 votes while former Division 4 Counselor Benoit Duret received 9 votes. In the RM of Leask, incumbent Real Diehl defeated challenger Tom Mayer 67 votes to 30 to keep his seat in Division 2. Myles Robin is the newly elected councilor in Division 4 after winning his seat by acclamation along with Division 6 incumbent Victor Unyi. *** About 20 spectators got a chance to meet their candidates in the upcoming provincial election at a political forum in Blaine Lake October 20. NDP candidate Clay DeBray and the Sask Party’s Scott Moe answered questions from the floor and those posed by the organizing body, the Blaine Lake and District Chamber of Commerce, at the candidates forum for the Rosthern Shellbrook Constituency in the Blaine Lake Composite School Gym. *** On Thursday, October 6th four athletes travelled to Ski-Timber Ridge to compete in the North-Central District Cross-country run. Amanda Lepage competed in bantam girls, Rylan Couture in junior boys, Amanda Duret in senior girls and Stephan Cyr in senior boys. All four did extremely well in their races. The three older athletes qualified to advance to provincials. On Saturday, October 15th we were in Middle Lake for the Provincial Cross-country races. All the events had 80 or more runners in them and our athletes again did very well finishing in the middle of the pack. *** The Shellbrook Aardvarks season came to a close with a 42-26 loss to Biggar Sunday afternoon. The Aardvarks showed up at the 2-3 game shorthanded after having their roster trimmed with injuries in the final game of the regular season with the Spiritwood Sabres. In all five players were knocked out of the game with the Sabres. In all five players were knocked out of action in the loss to Spiritwood. *** A lack of physician coverage through the weekend has caused the Shellbrook Hospital Emergency Department to be closed during its regular scheduled hours November 4 to 6. Emergency service will resume Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, for weekend coverage including Remembrance Day at 8 a.m. Continued on page 19
Year in Review
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With more than half a million votes in and counted, Medline Industries, Inc. announced that Victoria Hospital - Prince Albert Parkland Health Region in Prince Albert, is the third place winner of Medline‘s first national Pink Glove Dance video competition. Determined by public online voting, Victoria Hospital‘s winning video features hundreds of hospital staff, including breast cancer survivors, all dancing in pink gloves to Katy Perry‘s hit song ― Firework – all in the name of breast cancer awareness. In all, more than 17,000 people were featured in the videos, which are all available for viewing at www. pinkglovedance.com. Victoria Hospital will receive a $2,000 donation from Medline to the hospital‘s breast cancer charity of choice, the Saskatoon Cancer Agency. *** NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter spent a little more than an hour in Spiritwood on Thursday, Oct 20, attending a meet-andgreet in support of Rosthern-Shellbrook candidate Clay DeBray. The event included a pot luck supper prepared by some of the supporters in attendance. It was held at Mr. DeBray’s campaign headquarters in the former Wheat Pool elevator office.
NOVEMBER The Saskatchewan Party gained an even bigger majority while the NDP lost 11 seats and their leader in Monday night’s election. Brad Wall and the Sask Party emerged from Monday’s vote with 49 of a possible 58 seats while NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter lost his seat in the Regina Douglas Park riding and promptly stepped down as party leader. In their run, the Sask Party set a record gaining nearly 65 per cent of the popular vote while the NDP came in at just shy of 32 per cent. Nine months after winning the Saskatchewan Party Scott Moe was elected the new MLA of the Rosthern Shellbrook Constituency. Moe’s numbers mirrored the Sask Party’s as he received just over 64% per cent of the vote in the riding. Moe received 4,410 votes passing NDP candidate Clay DeBray at 2,167 (31.9%) and the Green Party’s MargaretRose Uvery at 209 votes (3.1%). Nadine Wilson was reelected to a second term as the MLA in the riding of Saskatchewan Rivers by a large margin. Wilson received 4,680 votes (65.9%) doubling her nearest competitor
Jeanette Wicinski-Dunn at 2,219 (31.2%). The Green Party’s Paul-Emile L’Heureux came in a very distant third at 206 votes (2.9%). It was a change of pace in the Meadow Lake constituency as what is usually a tight race turned into a big victory for the Sask Party. Incumbent Jeremy Harrison received 4,124 votes (62.1%) while the NDP’s Helen Ben received Helen Ben 2,433 (36.6%) votes. The Green Party’s Mary Susan Merasty received 89 votes (1.3%). *** The Debden Grade 10 Boy’s Volleyball team dominated at the 2011 P4A Extravaganza! After participating in a 6 week league which took the team to St. Mary’s High School in Prince Albert every Wednesday, the boys were unstoppable during the Extravaganza tournament winning the gold medal. *** Shellbrook’s Hidden Hills Golf Club came closer to paying off its irrigation and expansion project with another successful Ladies Night Out fund raiser at the Shellbrook Community Hall. According to event chair, Sally Gunderson, the event raised an estimated $5,000 while Scotiabank will also be providing a matching grant for a por-
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tion of the proceeds. *** Premier Brad Wall rallied the party faithful one last time in Prince Albert one last time before the provincial election as he spoke at the Premier’s Luncheon at the Prince Albert Inn November 2. Wall briefly outlined the party’s election platform and made reference to the Sask Party’s record over the past four years. Wall pointed to $2.2 billion in highway infrastructure, the hiring of 900 nurses and the attraction of 200 more physicians as promises kept from their previous campaign. *** The Shellbrook branch of the Royal Canadian Legion made their school rounds November 9 in observance of Remembrance Day. The Legion Members conducted their annual service at the Shellbrook Elementary School before giving a presentation at W.P. Sandin and moving on to Wild Rose in the afternoon. *** The conflict in Afghanistan took a central role in this year’s Remembrance Day service at the Shellbrook Theatre November 11. Before a full theatre, Shellbrook Legion President Lloyd Rudolph described how many a Canadian soldier has fought overseas so that the fight would not come back onto Canadian soil.
New Rosthern Shellbrook MLA Scott Moe addresses the crowd at his victory party at the Shellbrook Legion Hall Monday Night.
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The Afghan mission, which comes to an end for Canada in December, is one of those instances. “Not to overshadow the other conflicts but we do owe them a great debt, the soldiers who have fought (in Afghanistan),” said Rudolph. “Through their courage, determination and professionalism roads and schools and security were provided where they never existed before.” Since Canada became involved in the conflict, 158 Canadian soldiers have died in Afghanistan. *** After a busy off season that saw countless hours poured into major changes at the Shellbrook Curling Rink, the new lounge and change rooms opened to start the 2011-12 curling season. All that remains The renovation, funded completely out of club reserves and their participation in the Field of Dreams project, saw a complete change over of the facility. The lounge area has moved upstairs to the former viewing area while change rooms have been added to the former lounge area downstairs. The move was made to help increase lounge traffic from the skating rink next door while also better utilizing the skating rink’s canteen facilities. *** In August of 2009, members of the Rhythm Works Dance Studio executive approached the Town of Shellbrook for a loan to purchase and renovate the building that housed their dance studio. Two years and four months into the negotiated eight year term, the club made the final installment on their loan. Past club president Karen Mason presented Town Councilor Amund Otterson with a cheque for the remaining $5,964.07 this week to retire the loan. With approximately $10,000 in reserves, the club borrowed an additional $40,000 to complete the project, with a loan term of eight years and an average payment of $5,000 per year. On average, the club more than tripled that payment. *** Commercial property was the big topic of the day as members of Shellbrook Town Council lead a round table forum at the most recent Shellbrook and Area Chamber of Commerce meeting. According to Mayor George Tomporowski, demand for land ear marked for commercial devopment on Shellbrook’s west
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side has been less than expected. When the Town purchased the plot of land which is now home to the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Complex and three of the new holes on the Hidden Hills golf course, they had envisioned some of the highway frontage land that came along with it would be great for a commercial development. Though there seems to be an appetite for commercial land, Tomporowski noted there doesn’t seem to be much of a desire for that particular area. *** Through the efforts of students from Canwood, Prince Albert, Shellbrook and Wild Rose, the lives of many of those living in Third World countries. Students from schools in these areas dropped penny after penny into water jugs for the “Pennies for Polio program raising more than 226,185 to help provide polio vaccine for children in far off lands. In all, the local efforts provided 37,698 children in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Nigeria with polio vaccine. *** Former Shellbrook resident, Regan Mizuno (Scholz) is one of 12 international curlers featured in the 2012 Women of Curling Calendar. The charity benefiting from the sale of the calendars is Shoot for a Cure charity in support of the Canadian Spinal Research Organization. *** A candidate to fill one of the physician vacancies in Shellbrook made a site visit to see if the community will be a fit for him and his family. Dr. Imram Ibrihim, his wife Ferzana, son Abdulahad and daughter Ifra made the trek from their home near Birmingham, England to see what Shellbrook has to offer. The site visit, funded by the local doctor recruitment committee, featured tours of various facilities including the Shellbrook Hospital, the medical clinic, pharmacies and the school. *** About 150 turned out to the first staging of the Host Players’ 2011 winter production of the Neil Simon classic “The Odd Couple.” Myron Wall and Wade Reddekopp played the leading roles of Oscar and Felix, a pair of bachelors pushed together by fate.
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New Year celebrations from around the world Mexico - Mexicans celebrate New Year’s Eve, Año Viejo in Spanish, by downing a grape with each of the twelve chimes of the bell during the midnight countdown, while making a wish with each one. Mexican families decorate homes and parties, during New Year’s, with colors such as red, to encourage an overall improvement of lifestyle and love, yellow to encourage blessings of improved employment conditions, green to improve financial circumstances and white to improved health. Mexican sweet bread is baked with a coin or charm hidden in the dough. When the bread is served, the recipient whose slice contains the coin or charm is believed to be blessed with good luck in the new year. Another tradition is making a list of all the bad or unhappy events from the current year; before midnight, this list is thrown into a fire, symbolizing the removal of negative energy from the new year. At the same time, thanks is expressed for all the good things had during the year that is coming to its end so that they will continue to be had in the new year. Belgium - In Belgium, New Year’s Eve is called Sint Sylvester Vooravond (“Saint Sylvester Eve”) or simply Oudjaar (“old year”). Cosy family parties, called réveillon in the French speaking part of Belgium, are thrown. January 1 is called
Nieuwjaarsdag and children read their ‘new year’s letter’ and give holiday greeting cards featuring golden cherubs and angels, colored roses and ribbontied garlands to parents and godparents, on decorated paper which they saved money to buy. Czech Republic - For the Czechs, Silvestr is without doubt the noisiest day of the year. People generally equip themselves with fireworks and champagne for the midnight toast and gather with friends to eat, drink and celebrate at parties, in pubs, clubs, in the streets or city squares. In larger cities and especially in Prague, the first detonations of pyrotechics can be heard in full daylight, even before noon, the frequency steadily rising until midnight. In the first minutes after midnight, people toast, wish each other a happy new year and go outside to light their fireworks or watch others’. Denmark - Many Danish people go to parties or entertain guests at home. The evening meal is more exclusive than usual, with desserts including the marzipan ring cake Kransekage along with champagne, and mains traditionally include boiled cod, or stewed kale and cured saddle of pork. The New Year is celebrated with merrymaking and fun. Thousands of people gather together in Rådhuspladsen and cheer. Estonia - For New
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Year’s Eve celebrations in all of Europe which is attended by over a million people. The focal point is the Brandenburg Gate and the fireworks at midnight are centered on that location. Germans have a reputation for spending large amounts of money on firecrackers and fireworks, and so fireworks are to be seen all over the country on this night. When the clock strikes midnight on Silvester, Germans toast the New Year with a glass of Sekt (German sparkling wine) or champagne. ‘Bleigießen’ is another German New Year’s Eve custom, which involves telling fortunes by the shapes made by molten lead dropped into cold water. Other luck bringing things are touching a chimney sweeper or have him rub some ash onto your forehead for good luck and health. Traditionally jelly filled doughnuts with and without liquor fillings are eaten. Finally a tiny marzipan pig is consumed for more good luck. Iceland - Iceland’s biggest New Year events are usually in and around the capital, Reykjavík. On the evening of December 31, the mass at Reykjavik’s cathedral is listened to on the radio by most Icelanders. This is followed by dinner. Nightclubs in the city are very crowded and tend to stay open until at least 5am. Italy - Italians call New Year’s Eve Capodanno (the “head of the year”) or Notte di San Silvestro (the night of St. Silvestro). Traditionally there
are a set of rituals for the new year, such as wearing red underwear and getting rid of old or unused items by dropping them from the window, but this is an old tradition, followed by quite nobody today. Dinner is traditionally eaten with parents and friends. It often includes zampone or cotechino (a kind of spiced Italian sausage) and lentils. At 8:30 pm, the President reads a television message of greetings to Italians. At midnight, fireworks are displayed across Italy. A lentil stew is eaten when bell tolls midnight - one spoon per bell. This is supposed to bring good fortune; the lentils represent coins, being round in shape. Poland - The celebrations of New Year’s Eve in Poland are full of much vibrance. Traditionally, Christian Poles have devoted each day on the calendar to a particular saint for adoration and devotion to that saint. December 31 is named after St. Sylvester, and thus the day is commonly referred to as Sylwester. Celebrations partake both indoor and out, with the most notable open-air concert being held in the Main Square in Krakow. Here 150,000 to 200,000 revelers celebrate the New Year with live music and a fireworks display over St. Mary’s Basilica. Spain - Spanish New Year’s Eve (Nochevieja or Fin de Año in Spanish, Cap d’Any in Catalan, Cabo d’Anyo in Aragonese) celebrations
usually begin with a family dinner, traditionally including shrimp and lamb or capon. Spanish tradition says that wearing new, red underwear on New Year’s Eve brings good luck. The actual countdown is primarily followed from the clock on top of the Casa de Correos building in Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid. It is traditional to eat twelve grapes, one on each chime of the clock. This tradition has its origins in 1909, when grape growers in Alicante thought of it as a way to cut down on the large production surplus they had had that year. Nowadays, the tradition is followed by almost every Spaniard, and the twelve grapes have become synonymous with the New Year. After the clock has finished striking twelve, people greet each other and toast with sparkling wine such as cava or champagne, or alternatively with cider. Wales - Welsh celebrations on New Year’s Eve are known as Calennig. The tradition of giving gifts and money on New Year’s Day is an ancient custom that survives even in modern-day Wales, though nowadays it is now customary to give bread and cheese. Thousands of people descend every year on Cardiff to enjoy live music, catering, ice-skating, funfairs and fireworks. Many of the celebrations take place at Cardiff Castle and Cardiff City Hall.
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